Podcast appearances and mentions of pete mockaitis

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Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/services/workshops/ In this episode, Pete shows us how to systematically prepare for your negotiations. Visit Pete's Website https://awesomeatyourjob.com/ Listen to Pete's Podcast: How to Be Awesome at Your Job https://awesomeatyourjob.com/podcast/} Contact ANI Request A Customized Workshop For Your Company: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/services/workshops/ Follow Kwame Christian on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kwamechristian/ The Ultimate Negotiation Guide: https://www.americannegotiationinstitute.com/guides/ultimate-negotiation-guide/ Click here to buy your copy of How To Have Difficult Conversations About Race!: https://www.amazon.com/Have-Difficult-Conversations-About-Race/dp/1637741308/ref=pd_%5B%E2%80%A6%5Df0bc9774-7975-448b-bde1-094cab455adb&pd_rd_i=1637741308&psc=1 Click here to buy your copy of Finding Confidence in Conflict: How to Negotiate Anything and Live Your Best Life!: https://www.amazon.com/Finding-Confidence-Conflict-Negotiate-Anything/dp/0578413736/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2PSW69L6ABTK&keywords=finding+confidence+in+conflict&qid=1667317257&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIwLjQyIiwicXNhIjoiMC4xNCIsInFzcCI6IjAuMjMifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=finding+confidence+in+conflic%2Caps%2C69&sr=8-1

Learn how Pete Mockaitis used the scientific method to create one of the world's most popular and profitable podcasts. His enthusiasm for learning, working with people, researching ideas, and thinking outside the box guided his path towards the successful life he enjoys today. In this episode, you'll hear how Pete turned his failed business attempts into a proven system for success. Listen to Pete's story, then decide which action fits your needs best and make him a part of your success journey.Action Principles Pick one to do this week: Take advantage of extracurricular activities. When you take part in school activities outside the classroom, you gain experience and build valuable connections.  ACTION: Do a little experiment by taking part in an activity that's unexpected.Validate demand. A great idea is only as good as the demand for it. Use a system of research and testing to validate the demand first. ACTION: Survey your target market on your idea.Adopt a scientific mindset. As a scientist, you must be okay with failure. Through failed experiments, you can learn valuable lessons. ACTION: Choose a test to run and tell yourself “If it fails, that's okay…what did I learn?Ask for feedback. Before investing in a new product or service, ask others for feedback on their experience. ACTION: Ask five people that used a service provider you're considering and ask them how it worked out for them. Would they use it again?Guest ResourcesContinue learning from Pete by subscribing to his podcast, How to be Awesome at Your Job. You can also follow him on LinkedIn. Additional Recommendations:Speak and Grow Rich, by Dottie and Lillet WaltersSuggested LinkedIn Learning CoursesSmall Business SecretsDiscovering Your StrengthsPete Mockaitis - LinkedIn Learning Courses HomepageFree Time Management CourseThanks to Dave Crenshaw's partnership with Microsoft and LinkedIn Learning, you can get free access to his full course, Time Management Fundamentals, at DaveGift.com.Dave Crenshaw develops productive leaders in Fortune 500 companies, universities, and organizations of every size. He has appeared in Time magazine, USA Today, FastCompany, and the BBC News. His courses on LinkedIn Learning have been viewed tens of millions of times. His five books have been published in eight languages, the most popular of which is The Myth of Multitasking—a time management bestseller. As an author, speaker, and online instructor, Dave has transformed the lives and careers of hundreds of thousands around the world. DaveCrenshaw.com

Where there's pain, there might also be profit… That was the case for today's guest, Pete Mockaitis. Pete was seeing some traction with his podcast, the HowToBeAwesomeAtYourJob Podcast, but was struggling to keep up all the off-air tasks — the show notes, the editing, the social media. For Pete Mockaitis, that pain turned into AwesomePros.co, a niche drop-servicing company that he co-founded with Brian Kearny and is now doing $10k a month in recurring revenue. This is something that will work in just about any niche where you can outsource tasks remotely, and in this episode, Pete and Brian break down exactly how they grew their business. Tune in to The Side Hustle Show interview to learn: how Pete and Brian took this from an in-house solution to a $10k/mo business the tactics they've used to grow their client roster how you can figure out niche and pricing if you want to replicate this in another vertical Full show notes

Questions are one of the most useful tools that managers can use. Questions can unlock new thinking, show support, strengthen relationships, and much more. Learning to ask the right questions can enhance any manager’s leadership capability.    In this episode, I walk through different types of questions to ask and how to ask them so you cultivate trust and solicit answers that move work forward productively.   The full episode guide includes an overview of different types of questions and my favorite questions to ask. Get it when you join the Modern Manager community or purchase the full guide at www.themodernmanager.com/shop.     Get the free mini-guide at www.themodernmanager.com/miniguides.   Learn to navigate the different personality types and work styles to make managing your team easier than you ever imagined. Check out the Managing by Personality live course that starts on March 11, 2021. Learn more and register at www.themodernmanager.com/courses/personality   Subscribe to my newsletter to get episodes, articles and free mini-guides delivered to your inbox.    Read the related blog article:  How Questions Can Help Us Be Better Managers   Key Takeaways: Questions are not just for gathering information. They also help us build relationships, increase psychological safety and trust, open up thinking, and uncover hidden thoughts. Instead of yes-no questions which often create a false binary, ask a rating question e.g. On a scale of 1-5, how confident are you in this plan? Asking what, why and how will lead to different answers so be thoughtful about what question you’re asking. Asking what if, how might, and why not will open the door to more creative, alternative thinking. How you ask and how you respond also impact what type of response you will get now and in the future. Asking a difficult question in a calm, warm tone shows support. Responding to an answer you don’t like or didn’t expect with appreciation will encourage people to be honest going forward. Additional Resources: Episode 40: The Power of Questions with Pete Mockaitis mamie@mamieks.com

This episode discusses the morning rituals that high performers do to be successful. Credit to Pete Mockaitis

Sometimes everything will seem to suggest that leaving our job or career in pursuit of something better is the best option. But is is always the best option? What if the job we have now is actually the perfect one for us? What might we be missing out on if we leave and how do we get clarity to make these kinds of decisions in the first place? Today we are going to be exploring these questions with returning guest, Scott Anthony Barlow of Happen to your Career.  Scott Anthony Barlow is the Founder and CEO of Happen to Your Career. He’s been featured on CNBC, Yahoo, CareerBuilder, Fast Company and Huffington Post and various Colleges and Universities as a top expert on Career Happiness. He gets way excited about careers, coffee, and helping people take control over their life and work. In our discussion today we cover specific mindsets, frameworks, and questions to ask yourself in order to gain career clarity and truly know that you should either stay or go.  We cover: Reasons people leave jobs The danger of missing out on what your current job has to offer Questions to ask yourself to determine your values 7 Needs we have at work Contextualizing those needs Using the power you have to change your current circumstance  Good stress and bad stress Wants vs needs  Links: www.happentoyourcareer.com www.happentoyourcareer.com/8day   Related Episodes: 077 : How you can Happen to your Career w/ Scott Anthony Barlow : A frame work for finding the right work 073 : How to be Awesome at Your Job w/ Pete Mockaitis 121 : Working from Your Strengths w/ Strengths Finder Guru, Lisa Cummings 125 : Confidence in Conflict w/ Kwame Christian : A framework for Compassionate Curiosity   Need consulting? Reach out! chris@keystotheshop.com     The BEST in commercial coffee equipment! www.prima-coffee.com/keys   Want the best plant based beverage for your coffee drinks? www.pacificfoods.com/food-service  

Thank you for listening to our Finding Brave show, ranked in the Top 100 Apple Podcasts in Careers! “Don’t just knee-jerk assume you have to get it all done yourself. Where is it appropriate for you to do it yourself, versus getting a super genius, professional specialist, versus just a pretty smart person that can live in any nation and learn it and do it?” - Pete Mockaitis Despite common misconceptions, it is possible for individuals to reclaim their precious time and stop doing everything in their business themselves, without it having to cost a great deal. But it takes courage to overcome the resistance of letting go of tasks, and today’s Finding Brave guest explains how we can do it with strategic outsourcing. I’m so excited to be discussing this with him today, as overcoming our “perfectionistic overfunctioning” and trying to do everything ourselves and get an A+ in all of it (when in many cases would be better to delegate) is a key topic I address in my new book The Most Powerful You. Pete Mockaitis is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, Inc. and more. Pete has delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 leaders hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, FedEx, Amazon, Apple, Anheuser-Busch, and the United Nations), 50 countries, and every Ivy League university. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast. The show has been downloaded over 13,000,000 times and consistently ranks as a top business show in Apple Podcasts. I got so much valuable information from this conversation with Pete, and what he shares can help you start scaling your business right now. It’s time to stop the overwhelm and exhaustion and start receiving the support you need from others, and have more fun doing work you truly love! To learn more about today's guest, visit: https://www.awesomepros.co/ 

Once You Get Your CliftonStrengths Report, How Should You Take Action? Your CliftonStrengths report reflects your greatest strengths. As you focus on applying them to work, you might also wonder how to handle situations that call for talent themes way below your top 5 or top 10.   If you're like most people, you'll want to dial up your bottom talents. Unfortunately, this can be a very draining process with a low return on your effort. Instead, your high-leverage will come from studying the top talents in your CliftonStrengths report — then double down on your superpowers. If you need to take action on your lesser talents at the bottom of the CliftonStrengths report, there are strategies for mitigating these potential weaknesses: 1. You can partner with others who have that as a top talent. 2. You can stop doing some of the activities that call on the low talent area. 3. You can even do a task-switcheroo with a peer so that you're both in your respective strengths zones. In this interview, Lisa Cummings and StrengthsFinder facilitator Sara Regan reflect on the value of looking at the full CliftonStrengths report as you navigate through work using your strengths. Here’s the transcript of the insightful conversation between Lisa and Sara: Lisa: Hello everyone, I'm Lisa Cummings from Lead Through Strengths. So excited today to be joined by Sara Regan, one of our facilitators from Lead Through Strengths, and I'm psyched to bring you some new fresh thinking and tips on applying your CliftonStrengths report (results) at work. Intentionally Applying Top Talents From Your CliftonStrengths Report Lisa: So that makes me think of a question on situational fluency. So a lot of people in the workplace, are thinking about — “How do I read a room?” “How do I get comfortable?”  “How do I hone my chops in a skill?”  And usually, people think about putting in the hours, putting in the work — doing the hustle behind the thing they want to get good at. What else could you layer on for them, related to using their results from the CliftonStrengths report? Sara: Right, I guess a few things. 1) I wouldn't discount just putting the time in but putting the time in a very conscious way. To be reflective about what they're learning along the way, can really help people to build that ability to shift and pivot in a little bit more fluency so that level of consciousness strengths come into play.  There will be people who have certain themes and profiles and talents that allow that to happen more naturally. One of the things I like about strengths is it can certainly help us zero in on what we're really gifted at and where our talent lies.  2) When I'm doing coaching with people, or sometimes working with teams and we're looking at the whole 34, there are some lesser themes and it's sometimes they simply need the awareness. Let's take Adaptability, it is a strength that usually allows people to go with the flow and adjust in a very calm and seamless way when maybe other people are freaking out, or the house is on fire these people maintain that calm presence and can shift.  If Adaptability is number 34 for you, sometimes just knowing that, and knowing there will be situations when I need to really dig deep and so it can bring that clarity of focus of…”this is hard for me, but it's possible.” I need to think and act like somebody with high Adaptability. Study them. Listen to a podcast. Learn as much as you can and emulate what you can to do that shift, and then leaning on your other strengths that can help fill in as well.  Now let's say that same person has Learner at very high — will stay curious, keep asking questions, partnering with other people who have different things that you can lean on. That, I find, is what helps people to navigate the unknown.  CliftonStrengths Report: Knowing What To Do With Your Bottom 5 Lisa: I love it. I think you just gave a really good case for getting the premium version of Clifton strengths to get the full 34. You can do it without, but you get that very quick look at what is at the bottom of the CliftonStrengths report. And then instead of thinking of them as weaknesses, you think of them as potential drains or challenge points.  I experienced the exact one that you were describing, but I could only see it in the rearview mirror so I looked back at an old job and I realized, “Oh I was so...soul-sucked.”  And I couldn't figure out why because I loved the people, I loved the job. It all looked great on paper but it wore me out and I couldn't figure out why. Adaptability was the explanation for it when I look back, because it's low on my list. I can do it and I would tap into the need to have urgent phone calls and get interrupted constantly.  I did it, well, because I cared about the people that I worked with so that's what gave me the juice to keep going. But it wasn't fun because focus wanted to be like — “Hey, I'm in my cave working, and I need to have an uninterrupted time to be at my best.”  So have you ever found any like that in yourself? Sara: Absolutely. The situation that came to my mind was thinking about a different leader that I worked with before. He had Positivity as number 34. He became more conscious of when he needed to dial that up. Sometimes, I'm talking about calibrating these things and when we dial them up and dial them back and he had gotten some feedback along the way that people didn't always feel like there was the opportunity to celebrate, or the pat on the back.  Achiever number 1 so we're off to the next project. You don't want to be uncomfortable. They were in place for too long, we need to keep moving. And so for him that was that — that way to think of the specific times when he needed to bring more of that Positivity forward.  Your example was really interesting to me too because I think it proves that point that we can do these as needed with a lot of thought, and some consciousness. We can put the items at the bottom of our CliftonStrengths report into action. But we can't really live in that zone. And if we do, we're gonna experience burnout. We'll be stressed or just not as engaged — and maybe in a way that we don't fully understand. So I think that that can be a really powerful takeaway, and then that seeing the full 34 helps us with that.  Your question about my own personal experience. Consistency is pretty low on my CliftonStrengths report. Context is low. And I know this is interesting too that I have had people who have Context very high, reporting to me. I've also reported to someone who had Context number 1.  So, it sets up really important conversations about how you can get your best work done and how to communicate most effectively. I love it when we can bypass what might be an interpersonal attention or a misunderstanding or just literally not seeing eye to eye. But with that awareness and stepping back, being able to have a much greater appreciation.  The other thing that has happened to the Connectedness believes that the universe gives us things that we need and opportunities to learn. My daughter has Context number 1, and so I had to develop an appreciation for this theme. I can't have bias. I really wanted to understand and I see how beautifully it helps her do what she needs to do.  So there's lessons to be learned I think by seeing that full report and paying attention to when we can dial them up and when we just need to maybe step away from work that really calls us to stay in that that we can assume too much. Lisa: So many good angles there and more cases for getting the full 34 CliftonStrengths report — because you can identify, “Oh that wears me out to be in that headspace. Wouldn't it be convenient if I used partnerships with other people, rather than feeling like you're head-butting with them, and they drive me crazy. Instead it could be like, oh they like thinking like this. What a benefit we could bring to each other.” So good! One person's trash is another person's treasure.  All right, now that you've picked up some new ideas from Sara, think about this: How does it apply to you? How does this concept show up in you and what could you do with it, given your top five talent themes and how you could apply those at work?  We wish you the best as you claim those talents, and share them with the world. Learn More About Maximizing Your CliftonStrengths Report In an earlier Lead Through Strengths podcasts, Pete Mockaitis, trainer and chief at Awesome At Your Job, gave some more interesting scenarios to this podcast’s topic when he provided insights on How To Use Your StrengthsFinder Report. Through the CliftonStrengths assessment, he recognized how he had been applying his strengths in his academic and professional life.  But there are instances when a CliftonStrengths report reveals a strength or two that you think are irrelevant to your job, are not supported by the workplace culture or something that you simply don’t like. Listen as Strother Gaines talks about What To Do When You Don’t Like Your Strengths in this podcast episode with Lisa. On whether Working On Your Weakness Zone Leads To Burnout?, Lisa presents 3 tell-tale signs you could be and what you can do about it, whether you’re an employee, a strengths-champion or a people-leader.  Better yet, if you’re a manager looking to power up your team’s efficiency and wanting to contribute to overall business performance, Jessica Rhodes shares magical ideas in this podcast episode on How To Use Your Team’s Talents To Swap Tasks And Leverage Their Strengths.

StrengthsFinder Legit? Valid? Accurate? If you're wondering, you're actually just like Sara Regan, the Lead Through Strengths facilitator in this interview. Before being exposed to the tool, she was a bit skeptical about it. Usually, before doing some strengths finding with the team, one or two among us are wondering if psychometric tools are accurate. Is StrengthsFinder legit? Is it valid? The CliftonStrengths Assessment has not escaped such skepticism from some of our participants. You're not alone. Many of us come to these tools with a cautious eye. We want to know that it's more than parlor games. We hope for a tool that allows for more than a 4-hour kumbaya team building event at work. Most of the time, skeptical people wonder, "Hmmmm, is StrengthsFinder legit, or is my boss making me go to a gimmicky feel-good-training today?" Other times, it's an industrial organizational psychologist from the HR department who wants to know about the peer-reviewed literature on the tool. Either way, people like having the confidence of knowing that the tool is tested and valid. Here’s the transcript of this episode where Lisa interviews Sara about her journey from being a skeptic to someone who fully embraces StrengthsFinder. Lisa: Hello everyone, you're listening to Lead Through Strengths, and today it's both me, Lisa and Sara Regan. You've heard a lot from me over the years and it's about time to get some new angles from some other facilitators here at Lead Through Strengths.  So let's get right into some fresh angles on strengths, from Sara.  From Skeptical Customer To StrengthsFinder Facilitator: What Prompted The Change? So Sara, sometimes we walk into a StrengthsFinder event. We're doing CliftonStrengths kickoff, it's a big thing. And you know, there are a couple of people in the room who are really skeptics. They wonder, "is StrengthsFinder legit, and is this an accurate tool?" Tell me, how did you come to CliftonStrengths, and have you ever experienced that either in your own skepticism or other people in the room and how has that gone for you?  Sara: Absolutely. I think at this point, I almost expect that there will be a skeptic or two in the room. And I, myself, also had that skepticism, when I was first introduced to StrengthsFinder. I think for me it was the opportunity of “let's bring the team together.”  I was leading a group of around maybe 25 people or so at that time, and I thought I know team building is a good thing. We do this from time to time. We'll have coffee, we'll have bagels. Maybe people will get to know each other a little bit more. But I didn't really expect there to be much of a profound takeaway.  But for me, I was really struck by reading my own report and feeling like it really did help to highlight some things that I was aware of. So my skepticism really certainly changed after I got to look at my own results. And then in seeing the results of the team members too, I mean it just really dramatically changed the way I thought about my work, my career, the types of things I said “yes” to to the type of things I said “no” to, and how to position other people for success as well.  So even though I was a skeptic, I think I was a quick convert, and really felt like even in my homegrown fashion, I was doing strengths at any chance that I could with new team members or other people that I worked with.  So now as a facilitator, I expect that there will be the skeptics who wonder if StrengthsFinder is legit. I think one of the things that really helps is that people have some of the research underpinnings, and to be able to see that ahead of time there will be people who will want to understand how was this validated, what's the reliability, why did they choose these questions...  So to make that available for people, whether it's before or after a session, that can help as well.  Lisa: Yes, that's great. We always do that in the pre-work where it's like, “Are you one of the people who wants to validate whether StrengthsFinder is legit? Here's a deep meta analysis if you want to look into it. It's a 40 page technical report with all of the design elements and reliability data from Gallup's behavioral scientists. (and for those of you who will gloss over it, just come to the session - you don't have to read it).”  So, speaking of legit...you have a master's degree in psychology, don't you?  Sara: I do.  Lisa: So I can imagine with that kind of point of view, you might have needed to dig in when you first got exposed to the book StrengthsFinder 2.0. So when you saw your own results, let's say you're fast forwarded. You're good with the tool. Now you've looked at the validity and the reliability statistics and you're feeling good. You believe that StrengthsFinder is legit. Now you look at your own results.  Unravel Your Hidden Strengths Through Your StrengthsFinder Results Lisa: Did you have any that you were personally surprised by, or even not quite sure that they were "you"?  Sara: I think the biggest surprise for me was Strategic. And as I read the description, I think it's one of the strengths that people have a lot of confusion about because our mind can go many different places about what that word means. But in understanding fully the definition in that Gallup definition of Strategic, I did find that it really clicked for me, and it was a style of thinking about systems and problem-solving.  I think I've always, as I traced back to hobbies and things that I've enjoyed, it has to do with patterns and how things fit together, so it explained a lot. I think at that point of my career, I had been in this role, or in this organization for probably seven or eight years, and I had so many ideas about how to, things that needed to change, and some of my ideas were pretty radical, and about how to reconstruct something, we need to go back to the basics and tear something down and start over.  And I think I was holding back on presenting these ideas partly because they were pretty outlandish, some of them. Some were beyond probably my pay grade or I wasn't, it didn't have a seat at the right table for that. But I began to trust that perhaps some of these ideas about how to solve systemic problems were right on and I think it gave me more permission to share what I was thinking. And then I have some opportunities to put things in practice. And what I found is, I was completely engaged in my work. I loved what I was doing.  And these things were working like they were solving systemic problems. So that was for me I felt like it was so powerful like I think it helped me to lean into my strengths in a way that I don't know that I would have otherwise.  Lisa: I think that's such a cool example of seeing things through a workplace lens where you looked for systemic problems and you gave yourself permission because so many people look at their results and go,  “Oh, this is why I'm always the voice of that in meetings.”  “This is why this is always running through my head.”  And suddenly, now that they have the result in front of them, they knew this about themselves but they say,  “Oh, that's why I ought to just leverage that.” I also love that you read the results with an open mind. So often, when people are surprised by one of the items, they want to dismiss the tool and say, "hmmmmm, is StrengthsFinder legit? It doesn't seem to capture what I think of myself." Meanwhile the disconnect is usually as simple as a terminology issue. It can also be one of those situations where you believe what the report says, yet you haven't found it valuable at work, so you don't view that thing as a strength. Sara: Absolutely. Your Strengths Are Making An Impact In Your Life Outside Work Lisa: So, I can't help it. You mentioned hobbies and you mentioned patterns, so now that we have one workplace angle on you, will you give us a way that you've seen Strategic show up in your life outside of work and how these patterns came to be?  Sara: I can. It's a hobby that I've gotten away from a little bit just by having a busy life and three teenagers. But one of my hobbies, for quite a while, was mosaic tile work. And so, I love to be able to sketch out a design. And then, I would take my tile in the driveway with a hammer and be smashing pieces of tile, and looking for exactly the color and the texture and the right piece to fit into this larger whole of the design.  And so I did some commission works for a while. I got some things that were being sold in shops, and I loved it. I love to do in this work. And so, it's partly I think goes back to that, “How can I make everything fit and very strategic?”  I feel it's the way I approach my work too. It’s I always feel like…(muffled)...optimistic like there is a solution for every problem. There is a way that this will work. I just need time, I need access to the resources, I need to play around with it but I'll get there.  And that was completely the process of doing the mosaic tile work too.  Lisa: That is sooooooo cool. I love hearing about this hobby. Also, I love looking at mosaic tiles because I thought about putting them on a shower floor - making a dragon formation - but all the same color, where the pattern and the angles of the pattern is what makes the dragon pop out to you, except they're actually all the same color. It would be a monochromatic thing. Someday, watch out, I’ll commission you. I'll get, “Come over from Boston. I need a dragon on the ground.” After your teenagers are off the payroll, right?  Sara: 'Cause even as I talk about it, I remember how much fun I had. It is definitely one of the things I plan to return to.  Lisa: It's a perfect way to end that question because this idea of strength and how you can reconnect to the things that energize you and how, when you tap into it, it's not just saying,  “Oh yeah, this hobby or this skill energizes me." “Oh, that's why I like that thing that I didn't expect to like that much, just because it uses this pattern in my mind.” So cool. This speaks to an unexpected angle of the question "is StrengthsFinder legit." It's a powerful angle because often the reports from the CliftonStrengths assessment will give you a spark. You then think, "hmmmm...that's totally true in my personal life, but I don't really use that one at work." If you have those thoughts, you might have a spark for some seriously untapped potential. Maybe you have a strength that you can unlock at work if you look for ways to apply it. --- Okay, now it's your turn. You have some great new perspective from Sara to go apply in the workplace. We wish you the best as you take these ideas, and you learn to spot them in yourself, and then apply them to your life to make the workplace a better place.  Most of all, you may believe that StrengthsFinder is a legit tool, but there's something bigger: it's believing that your strengths are valid. It's believing that you have a contribution you can offer the world. You have untapped awesomeness inside of you, and we look forward to hearing how you offer it out to the world! Want To Explore More Of The "StrengthsFinder Legit" Question? Some time ago, Lisa delivered a podcast episode that answers the question, Is StrengthsFinder A Personality Test? The podcast debunks any quick assumption that StrengthsFinder is just another one of those personality tests being used by managers. Instead, it asserts that it’s a performance-based tool that focuses not only on what is needed to do the job but on how to do it well. So does StrengthsFinder work? In another episode, Is There Proof That Strengths-Based Development Works?, Lisa provides answers anchored on 1) proof points through some Gallup research and 2) a visual way to imagine why strengths make sense. Lisa’s resource for this episode is the classic book Soar with Your Strengths: A Simple Yet Revolutionary Philosophy of Business and Management by Donald O. Clifton and Paula Nelson, which uses a metaphor to bring us the powerful lesson of focusing on strengths rather than on fixing what’s missing or broken about us. It's a quick read. Warning: yes, the metaphor uses little animals like rabbits, which seems elementary at first blush. That's exactly why it works though - it's simple and totally understandable. Want to know how else StrengthsFinder can provide practical value for you and your team? Listen to Lisa’s interview with Adam Seaman: Why Use StrengthsFinder For Your Team? or her conversation with Pete Mockaitis on How To Use Your StrengthsFinder Report. These are StrengthsFinder-focused conversations that can show you the practical side of living a strengths-focused life.

We all need to write more crappy first drafts – that’s the way to truly get unstuck from writing. In this episode, I learn from Daphne Gray-Grant about her inspiring writing process. This episode is sponsored by EveryPlate. With EveryPlate you get meals you’ll enjoy and your bank account will love delivered right to your door. This means the meal planning, shopping, and prepping is all done for you, taking the time-consuming guesswork out of cooking. Even at regular price, EveryPlate is up to 58% cheaper than other major meal kits out there. Listeners of The Productivityist Podcast can get 3 weeks of EveryPlate meals for only $2.99 by going to https://www.everyplate.com/ (EveryPlate.com) and enter the code timecrafting3. Get started with EveryPlate today!This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. BetterHelp offers you access to your own licensed professional therapist – all from the comfort of wherever you are. You can arrange weekly video chats or phone calls, text with your carefully curated counsellor, and do so at an affordable price. And anything you share is confidential. I’ve been using BetterHelp for a while and I am highly impressed. It’s been a huge help for me and I know it can be the same for you. Start living a happier life today with BetterHelp. As a listener, you’ll get 10% off your first month by visiting https://betterhelp.com/timecrafting (betterhelp.com/timecrafting). Give BetterHelp a try today. This episode is sponsored by TextExpander. With TextExpander, you can unlock your productivity with its many features. With TextExpander you can make everything you write repetitively available everywhere you type: text documents, spreadsheets, web forms, and more. Unlock your productivity with TextExpander. Visit https://textexpander.com/podcast?utm_source=productivityist-podcast&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=textexpander-Sep-2020 (TextExpander.com/podcast) for 20% off your first year.From my experience of writing a book, I know the process can easily get overwhelming. Which is why I was refreshed to hear about the need to write “crappy first drafts” from this episode's guest, Daphne Gray-Grant. Aside from being a prolific writer, Daphne is also a coach to many writers who want to learn to write faster, better. She started her career in the newspaper business and quickly learnt that 80% of your writing is the process you have set up – 20% is the actual writing. Tune in as we explore the lessons she’s taught to hundreds of her clients. We discuss mind mapping techniques, the joy of paper, and her love for treadmill desks.  Talking Points On treadmill desks and Daphne’s love of walking (1:55) The draw to editing (5:57) Daphne’s writing mindset and routine (9:50) Is there a good timeline for writing a book? (13:39) Ways to beat mind map overwhelm (23:48) The impact of writing by keyboard vs by hand (31:55) Who can benefit from dictations? (34:05) The most common mistakes people make when mind mapping (37:42) Quote "A mind map is not an outline nor an organizational tool – it’s an inspirational tool." - Daphne Gray-Grant Helpful Links https://productivityist.com/podcast288/ (Episode 288: How to Be Awesome at Your Job with Pete Mockaitis) https://awesomeatyourjob.com/526-how-to-write-faster-better-with-daphne-gray-grant/ (Daphne Gray-Grant’s interview on ‘How To Be Awesome At Your Job’) http://volcano.oregonstate.edu/oldroot/education/livingwmsh/is/cm.html (Gabriele Rico’s Clustering) https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Natural-Way-Anniversary-Expanded/dp/0874779618 (Writing the Natural Way | Amazon) https://productivityist.com/podcast238/ (Episode 238: How to Keep Going with Austin Kleon) https://www.goodnotes.com/ (GoodNotes) https://www.toketaware.com/ithoughts-ios (iThoughts) https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scapple/overview (Scapple) https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener/overview (Scrivener) https://getdrafts.com/ (Drafts)

Today’s podcast episode is not a normal episode where Scott interviews some awesome person and you get to glean from all the insight and inspiration. It’s not even one of those episodes where Scott brings you awesome knowledge-bombs by himself or a co-host. Today, we’re sharing an interview that Scott had on another podcast - so Scott gets to be in the hot seat, answering tons of questions - specifically about strengths. You're going to learn: The six critical things people need from their work Why strengths are different than skills and why that matters How identifying your anti-strengths can skyrocket your self-awareness So today’s guest interviewer is Pete Mockaitis of the podcast “How to Be Awesome At Your Job.” (He was actually a guest on this podcast back in episode 205)   To binge-listen to more career happiness success stories, find all the podcasts at https://happentoyourcareer.com/podcast Or to tell us more about your situation and schedule a conversation with our team go to https://happentoyourcareer.com/schedule-htyc

On this episode I'm joined by Pete Mockaitis. Pete is, among plenty of other things, the founder of How to Be Awesome at Your Job and he hosts the popular podcast of the same name. This episode is also brought to you by Bambee. When running a business, Human Resources issues can kill you. There's so much to wrap your head around and hiring an HR Manager is going to cost you - they command an average of seventy-thousand dollars a year! That's where Bambee comes in. Created specifically for small business, Bambee provides you with a dedicated HR Manager that can craft your HR policy, and maintain your compliance, all for just one low monthly fee. You don't need to deal with HR issues - let Bambee do that for you. Go to https://bambee.com/timecrafting (bambee.com/timecrafting) now to schedule your FREE HR audit. You'll be glad you did.This episode is brought to you by the University of California Irvine Division of Continuing Education. Established in 1962, UCI offers education for adult learners in Orange County. But thanks to technology, their courses and certification programs in various fields are now available worldwide and online for just about anyone who's interested. You can get 15% off of one (1) course by visiting https://ce.uci.edu/about/trending/toolkits.aspx?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=paidsocial&ut%20m_campaign=productivityist&utm_term=20WI20SP (http://ce.uci.edu/productivityist) then enter the promo code timecrafting. Make sure you take advantage of this limited time offer as it is only valid until July 31, 2020 at 11:59 pm. (Please note that this discount is for almost all of the certificate programs. The exceptions only include coding boot camps, international programs, teacher credentialing programs, and test prep courses.) Pete is an award-winning trainer who has served clients in over 50 countries. His work has enhanced Fortune 100 corporations, high-growth startups, and major nonprofits. He’s conducted one-on-one critical thinking coaching sessions for over 700 thinkers from every Ivy League university and numerous world-class organizations such as Apple, Goldman Sachs, Google, McKinsey & Company, and the United Nations. There's a lot to unpack in this episode – and it's one that could have gone on much longer than it did. Pete and I talk about prioritization, effectiveness and how to measure it, experimenting with different tactics and tools, and more. I'm sure you'll get a lot out of this conversation. I know I did! Talking Points Pete shares the reasons for starting his podcast (0:59) This is how Pete makes it a priority to get his podcast episodes ready for production (4:25) What are some of the tactics that Pete has put in place to make sure that stays a priority? (7:10) Pete offers up a tool that he's found that helps him prioritize - a tool that he didn't think would work (8:35) When it comes to The ONE Thing, Pete shares how you can break the bias of giving a credible answer to what your "one thing" is (11:52) Here is one of the things that Pete has tried that didn't work for him as well as he'd imagined (19:08) What is The Effectiveness Ratio? (22:08) How important is it to let go of things? (24:51) Pete and I discuss why the thinks people are drawn to certain words, along with the expectations that come with those words and terms (28:19) Quote "The critical stuff isn't just a smidge more important but it has sixteen times the impact." - Pete Mockaitis Helpful Links https://awesomeatyourjob.com/080-finding-and-doing-the-one-thing-with-jay-papasan/ (How to Be Awesome at Your Job #80: Finding and Doing the One Thing with Jay Papasan) https://amzn.to/2QrwcNH (The ONE Thing) https://pocketbiases.glideapp.io/ (Pocket Biases) https://productivityist.com/good-bye-gtd-part-1/ (Why I Stopped Doing GTD: Part 1) https://productivityist.com/stopped-gtd-part-two-2/ (Why I Stopped Doing GTD: Part 2)...

In this episode, we sit down with Pete Mockaitis to talk about your career and how to be awesome at your job. About Pete: Pete Mockaitis [Muh KITE iss] is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, and Inc. Pete has delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 leaders hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, FedEx, Amazon, Apple, Anheuser-Busch, and the United Nations), 50 countries, and every Ivy League university. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast. The show has been downloaded over 8,000,000 times and consistently ranks as a top business show in Apple Podcasts. Pete lives in Chicago with his wife and two babies. Resources: How to Be Awesome At Your Job Podcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Today we welcome the host of “How to be Awesome at Your Job”, Pete Mockaitis to the show. Each week, Pete grills thought-leaders and results-getters to discover specific, actionable insights that boost work performance. He also runs an Enhanced Thinking & Collaboration (ETC) Training Program, which aims to improve businesses, foster collaboration and reduce wasted time. He’s provided 1-on-1 coaching to 700+ professionals from elite organizations such as Google, the UN, Amazon, Goldman Sachs, FedEx, McKinsey, Apple and more, across 50 countries and all Ivy League schools. In this episode, you’ll hear Pete talk about consulting, starting his own business, and how to channel deep focus for difficult tasks.   Highlights: What’s sexy about consulting? The challenges of consulting Pete’s love for transforming people and making a move towards entrepreneurship What is my offering? Who are my customers? How do I acquire my audience? 400 days’ worth of savings before starting a business House Hacking Happiness is the key to being awesome at your job The 80/20 Rule Scheduling uninterrupted-deep-work time Stay in touch with your network (“Build the well before you’re thirsty.”) Syncing up with your manager   Key Takeaway: When you’re trying to achieve your dreams, you must set yourself up for success. Define what success looks like, have a substantial savings to float you for a time, and create a strategy for your potential customers.   Paychecks & Balances Website: https://paychecksandbalances.com/ https://www.patreon.com/paybalances Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/paybalances/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/paychecksandbalances Twitter: https://twitter.com/paybalances?lang=en   Pete Mockaitis Website: https://awesomeatyourjob.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petemockaitis/ Instagram: https://www.discoveryourtalentpodcast.com/podcast/pete-mockaitis/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/peteawe?lang=en Podcast: https://awesomeatyourjob.com/podcast/

Greetings, SuperFriends! Today we are joined by Pete Mockaitis. Pete is an award-winning speaker and coach, host of the "How to be Awesome at Your Job" podcast, who teaches professionals how to perform optimally at work. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, and Inc. Pete has also delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 leaders hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, FedEx, Amazon, Apple, Anheuser-Busch, and the United Nations), 50 countries, and every Ivy League university. Absolutely incredible! In this episode, we talk about Pete's own journey from being a salaried employee and a consultant all the way to his decision to go out and become an entrepreneur. We talk about why he did it, how he did it, and his advice for being your absolute best - being SuperHuman - in the workplace. Some of the things we cover are how to actually make the difference in your work and life, as well as how to stand out. And, of course, I asked him about all his favorite ways to perform at his absolute best. I really enjoyed this conversation, and I am sure you will as well! -Jonathan Levi

Pete Mockaitis is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, and Inc. Pete has delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 leaders hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, FedEx, Amazon, Apple, Anheuser-Busch, and the United Nations), 50 countries, and every Ivy League university. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast. The show has been downloaded over 8,000,000 times and consistently ranks as a top business show in Apple Podcasts. https://awesomeatyourjob.com/  

Pete Mockaitis: How to be Awesome at Your Job Pete Mockaitis is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. He hosts the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast, a show that has been downloaded eight million times and consistently ranks as a top business show in Apple Podcasts. Pete facilitates training for organizations on enhanced thinking and collaboration to increase clarity and reduce rework. He helps teams save an average of 1.4 hours per person per week. In this conversation, Pete and I explore some of the key mindsets and questions that are helpful when getting alignment with your boss. We explore the areas you’ll want to generate clarity, as well a few key questions to consider. Key Points Six areas where clarity is critical: Deliverables Timing Process Resources Audience Motive Questions you may consider when getting alignment with your boss: How do you want this to look when complete? What does the organization value on metrics and deliverables? What’s an example of a time this expectation was not met? What metrics are my boss being measured on for their own success? Resources Mentioned How to be Awesome at Your Job Related Episodes Seven Principles for Leading People Older Than You, with Bonni Stachowiak (episode 59) How to Influence Numerous Stakeholders, with Andy Kaufman (episode 240) Effective Delegation of Authority, with Hassan Osman (episode 413) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

Pete Mockaitis: How to be Awesome at Your Job Pete Mockaitis is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. He hosts the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast, a show that has been downloaded eight million times and consistently ranks as a top business show in Apple Podcasts. Pete facilitates training for organizations on enhanced thinking and collaboration to increase clarity and reduce rework. He helps teams save an average of 1.4 hours per person per week. In this conversation, Pete and I explore some of the key mindsets and questions that are helpful when getting alignment with your boss. We explore the areas you’ll want to generate clarity, as well a few key questions to consider. Key Points Six areas where clarity is critical: Deliverables Timing Process Resources Audience Motive Questions you may consider when getting alignment with your boss: How do you want this to look when complete? What does the organization value on metrics and deliverables? What’s an example of a time this expectation was not met? What metrics are my boss being measured on for their own success? Resources Mentioned How to be Awesome at Your Job Related Episodes Seven Principles for Leading People Older Than You, with Bonni Stachowiak (episode 59) How to Influence Numerous Stakeholders, with Andy Kaufman (episode 240) Effective Delegation of Authority, with Hassan Osman (episode 413) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

Pete Mockaitis (http://twitter.com/peteawe) is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, and Inc. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast (https://awesomeatyourjob.com). The show has been downloaded over 8,000,000 times and consistently ranks as a top business show in Apple Podcasts. Erik was recently a guest on Pete's show! (https://awesomeatyourjob.com/461-tactics-for-boosting-productivity-and-banishing-distraction-with-erik-fisher/) Mentioned in this episode: * UCI (http://ce.uci.edu/BeyondToDoList) * NED (http://helloned.com/beyond) * Ziprecruiter (http://ziprecruiter.com/beyond)

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Today we're speaking with one of the most popular podcast hosts in the world. I'm talking about Pete Mockaitis and his podcast, How To Be Awesome At Your Job. His podcast is one of the best places to learn about improving your performance at work and in life. Today's conversation with Pete will give us a chance to pick his brain and learn the most important lessons and insights from over 400 episodes with some of the best experts and thought leaders you can think of. Listen at https://nextyearnowpodcast.com/69

In this episode Pete shows us how to systematically prepare for your negotiations. Request a Custom Workshop For Your CompanyVisit Pete's WebsiteDownload Your Negotiation Preparation GuideBIO: Pete Mockaitis (Muh - KITE - iss) is an award-winning trainer who has served clients in over 50 countries. His work has enhanced Fortune 100 corporations, high-growth startups, and major nonprofits. He’s conducted one-on-one critical thinking coaching sessions for over 700 thinkers from every Ivy League university and numerous world-class organizations such as Apple, Goldman Sachs, Google, McKinsey & Company, and the United Nations. Keywords: negotiation, negotiate, persuasion, influence, leadership, psychology, sales, compassionate curiosity, mindful, mindfulness, emotions, self awareness, emotional intelligence, career, interviews, informational interviews, job search, job readiness, networking, discounts, conflict, difficult people, psychology, emotion, emotions, argue, argument, debate, negotiation, negotiate, influence, persuasion, leadership, parenting, psychology, sociology, social dynamics, entrepreneurship, small business, salary, sales, law, lawyer, law school, mba, human resources, HR, talent management, talent development, nonprofit management, supply chain, procurement, sales, buyers, buying, procure, IT Procurement, supply chain, contract management, contract, negotiate, sell, buyer, buy, purchase, purchasing, business negotiation, Chris Voss, Never split the difference, getting to yes, collaboration, negotiation genius, art of the deal, real estate negotiation, financial planner, financial planning, CPA, CLE, CE, supply management,

In this episode Pete shows us how to systematically prepare for your negotiations. Request a Custom Workshop For Your Company Visit Pete's Website Download Your Negotiation Preparation Guide BIO:  Pete Mockaitis (Muh - KITE - iss) is an award-winning trainer who has served clients in over 50 countries. His work has enhanced Fortune 100 corporations, high-growth startups, and major nonprofits. He's conducted one-on-one critical thinking coaching sessions for over 700 thinkers from every Ivy League university and numerous world-class organizations such as Apple, Goldman Sachs, Google, McKinsey & Company, and the United Nations.  Keywords:  negotiation, negotiate, persuasion, influence, leadership, psychology, sales, compassionate curiosity, mindful, mindfulness, emotions, self awareness, emotional intelligence, career, interviews, informational interviews, job search, job readiness, networking, discounts, conflict, difficult people, psychology, emotion, emotions, argue, argument, debate, negotiation, negotiate, influence, persuasion, leadership, parenting, psychology, sociology, social dynamics, entrepreneurship, small business, salary, sales, law, lawyer, law school, mba, human resources, HR, talent management, talent development, nonprofit management, supply chain, procurement, sales, buyers, buying, procure, IT Procurement, supply chain, contract management, contract, negotiate, sell, buyer, buy, purchase, purchasing, business negotiation, Chris Voss, Never split the difference, getting to yes, collaboration, negotiation genius, art of the deal, real estate negotiation, financial planner, financial planning, CPA, CLE, CE, supply management, 

Pete Mockaitis grew up in the cheapest place to live, Danville, IL. He watched his mother work her way up the local credit union ladder from teller to CEO, simply by doing more than necessary, repeatedly. His mother strongly discouraged debt, having seen so many of the credit union’s customers declare bankruptcy and have their entire bank accounts wiped out. As a kid, he saw firsthand that hustle pays off. He helped his brother with his paper route for a quarter, only to learn his brother was making $1.80. After high school, he got into college on a full ride scholarship, and graduated into his dream job with Bain & Company. He saved money by skipping the little things like taking a cab when he could walk, having roommates instead of living alone, and drinking water instead of ordering drinks when he was out. Pete’s true calling was entrepreneurship. To prepare for the jump to self employment, he figured out his burn rate - and discovered it was a lot lower than he originally thought. By figuring out how much he was spending, and computing the value of his pre and post tax time, Pete optimized his path to Financial Freedom, and is now enjoying the fruits of his labor. In This Episode We Cover: Pete's journey with money Lessons he learned from his mother How he applied the lessons he learned in his approach to early financial freedom How he pursued early financial freedom On growing up frugal Why it took him 3 years to save a year’s worth of living expenses His advice for people who would like to try the entrepreneurial route The importance of being smart with your savings On being real and quantitative On tracking recurring and non recurring expenses and breaking it down into dollars per day On his revenue generation His advice on building revenue On investing And SO much more! Links from the Show BiggerPockets Forums How to Become an “Overnight” Success in 10 Short Years with David Greene How To Be Awesome At Your Job Episode 386: How to Earn More, Spend Less, and Build Wealth with Mindy Jensen BiggerPockets Money Podcast 73: Ramit Sethi Will Teach You to Be Rich! BiggerPockets Money Podcast 56: Change Your Personal Finances (& Your Millennial Money Mindset) with Paychecks & Balances Podcast Movement

Pete Mockaitis is a former Bain consultant who now coaches top executives in extreme productivity. He is also the host of the How To Be Awesome At Your Job podcast.

Pete Mockaitis is a former Bain consultant who now coaches top executives in extreme productivity. He is also the host of the How To Be Awesome At Your Job podcast.

"Rapid is a tough word. Things don't just happen like a Dominos pizza delivery." That's how Jeffrey begins to explain his philosophies on developing self-confidence, Yes! attitude, enthusiasm and so many of the other building blocks of success on a recent episode of the How to Be Awesome At Your Job Podcast, hosted by Pete Mockaitis.  Success doesn't happen in a day, it happens day by day. But it has to start somewhere. It might start...by listening to this episode of Sell or Die.  FREE EBOOK: GET GOOD, BETTER, BEST! Learn the six elements that you must master in order to uncover the secret of personal achievement. Good. Better. Best. Which one are you? http://bit.ly/GOOD-BETTER-BEST Join our Exclusive Sell or Die Facebook Group, where our members are already discussing the latest episode. Submit your sales question and we will answer it on the show! NEW BOOK Order your copy of Jeffrey's new book Sales Manifesto TODAY! Imperative actions you need to take and master to dominate your competition and win for yourself...for the next decade.  

Today, I have a special guest on the show! Pete Mockaitis is here to talk about how to know where to focus your time. He is the host of the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast and is an award-winning coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. In this episode, Pete shares some ideas and tips on how you can really clarify where you want to invest your time, even if you feel like you don't have enough of it!   What's In This Episode: How to feel good about how you spend your time How to decide what is most important to tackle in your day The 80/20 rule you need to know What does vital few mean (and how to find yours)

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Asking questions, and knowing when not to, can be a kind of ‘secret sauce’ that enables you and your team to be more efficient and effective. Questions can help you prioritize, clarify, and even make decisions, when you know how to use them. This week, I speak with Pete Mockaitis, award-winning speaker and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work, and host of How to be Awesome at your Job podcast. Listen to Pete interview me about productive meetings in episode 321 of Awesome at Your Job. Join the Modern Manager community to get Pete’s Business Promises Worksheet templates to help you manage your team’s projects and progress. Plus, access additional guest bonuses and other resources to support your learning journey when you join. Subscribe to my newsletter to get episodes, articles and mini-guides delivered to your inbox. Read the related blog article: When to Ask Questions...And When Not To Key Takeaways: We don’t always ask clarifying questions for fear of looking stupid in front of our colleagues, but by not asking, we risk misunderstanding and doing the wrong work. There are six key things you want to clarify regarding deliverables: the timing, the process, the resources, the audience, and the motive. To help you prioritize, ask questions first to align on the goal: what does success mean? What does victory look like? What is the result, the output that we're after? How do we define quality? Then ask the questions to determine what work to do: What actions will have the biggest impact on achieving the goal? (Typically 20% of our work makes for 80% of the impact.) If you don’t know the answer to a question, just say so and commit to finding the answers. Managers aren’t expected to have all the answers, but we are expected to move the work forward which may mean helping to find the answers. Avoid asking questions, especially in front of a group, when it’s clear the other person is not prepared to answer them. Take it off-line to avoid embarrassing them. Pause before asking a question in a meeting and reflect on whether the answer will materially impact your perspective, position or decision. Imagine the whole range of potential answers to your question and if from one extreme to the other, the decision is not at all changed, then you know that's a question not worth asking. When making a decision and organizing your analysis or research, ask ‘what must be true for this to be a wise move’, and ‘how do we test for that’? KEEP UP WITH PETE Website: www.Awesomeatyourjob.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/petemockaitis/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeteAwe

Asking questions, and knowing when not to, can be a kind of ‘secret sauce’ that enables you and your team to be more efficient and effective. Questions can help you prioritize, clarify, and even make decisions, when you know how to use them. This week, I speak with Pete Mockaitis, award-winning speaker and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work, and host of How to be Awesome at your Job podcast. Listen to Pete interview me about productive meetings in episode 321 of Awesome at Your Job. Join the Modern Manager community to get Pete’s Business Promises Worksheet templates to help you manage your team’s projects and progress. Plus, access additional guest bonuses and other resources to support your learning journey when you join. Subscribe to my newsletter to get episodes, articles and mini-guides delivered to your inbox. Read the related blog article: When to Ask Questions...And When Not To Key Takeaways: We don’t always ask clarifying questions for fear of looking stupid in front of our colleagues, but by not asking, we risk misunderstanding and doing the wrong work. There are six key things you want to clarify regarding deliverables: the timing, the process, the resources, the audience, and the motive. To help you prioritize, ask questions first to align on the goal: what does success mean? What does victory look like? What is the result, the output that we're after? How do we define quality? Then ask the questions to determine what work to do: What actions will have the biggest impact on achieving the goal? (Typically 20% of our work makes for 80% of the impact.) If you don’t know the answer to a question, just say so and commit to finding the answers. Managers aren’t expected to have all the answers, but we are expected to move the work forward which may mean helping to find the answers. Avoid asking questions, especially in front of a group, when it’s clear the other person is not prepared to answer them. Take it off-line to avoid embarrassing them. Pause before asking a question in a meeting and reflect on whether the answer will materially impact your perspective, position or decision. Imagine the whole range of potential answers to your question and if from one extreme to the other, the decision is not at all changed, then you know that's a question not worth asking. When making a decision and organizing your analysis or research, ask ‘what must be true for this

How do you find and maintain authentic friendships? Pete Mockaitis shares some tips and personal stories on how he has been able to do so!

Every Friday we present a supercut of the most insightful, most inspiring, most useful pieces of sales wisdom from the week that was. And in case you missed it, click the links below to listen to the full episodes.   This episode is brought to you by the Selling with Soul podcast, hosted by Meredith Messenger and produced by the Sell or Die Podcast Network. Selling with Soul discussed new sales and revenue growth strategies, demystifies sales concepts and develops sales skills through master classes and expert interviews. Listen today on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.   On today's show... 02:32 - Pete Mockaitis tells Jen and Jeffrey how much time should you set for solo thinking 06:06 - On Monday Motivation, Jeffrey and Jen provide some insight into how to build momentum. 09:16 - Jessica Pettitte reveals what "Changing the Font" really means   GET MORE SELL OR DIE Join our Exclusive Sell or Die Facebook Group, where our members are already discussing the latest episode. Submit your sales question and we will answer it on the show!   Need more sales help? Jeffrey's website: https://gitomer.com Jennifer's website: https://salesinanyminute.com Subscribe to the Gitomer Learning Academy: https://go.gitomer.com/gitomer-learning-academy   NEW BOOK Order your copy of Jen's new book Sales in A New York Minute today! 212 pages of real world and easy to implement strategies to make more sales build loyal relationships and make more money.   SEE JEFFREY LIVE It's time to skill-up. Learn from Jeffrey Gitomer, the King of Sales. He'll be giving a seminar in a city near you. Be there!

Have you ever had a killer concept for a sales pitch or for your business but can't seem to extract it from the back of your mind? Pete Mockaitis, host of the How To Be Awesome At Your Job Podcast, has a really innovative way to get that idea out so you can make some money. Pete speaks to leaders in Fortune 500 companies to bring out those moneymaking concepts laying deep in the cranium with strategic thinking sessions. What are strategic thinking sessions? Click play and find out how you can take more of your brain function and turn it into income.    This episode is brought to you by, The Why and The Buy, hosted by Jeff Bajorek and Christie Walters. They interview entrepreneurs and sales experts to find out the why behind their success. Listen on Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts.   On today's show... 05:00 - Your money mindset can limit your finances.   10:25 - What exactly is a thinking strategy session? 17:22 - Pete takes Jeffrey and Jen down a diehard-friendly strategy session  23:01 - What these strategy sessions reveal 33:01 -How much time Pete believes you should spend thinking critically alone 43:50 - What are common habits of successful Fortune 500 executives 55:00 - The impact of decluttering your brain   More on today's guest Pete Mockaitis is an award-winning speaker and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, and Inc. Pete has delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 leaders hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, FedEx, Amazon, Apple, Anheuser-Busch, and the United Nations), 50 countries, and every Ivy League university. Join our Exclusive Sell or Die Facebook Group, where our members are already discussing the latest episode. Submit your sales question and we will answer it on the show!   Need more sales help? Jeffrey's website: https://gitomer.com Jennifer's website: https://salesinanyminute.com Subscribe to the Gitomer Learning Academy: https://go.gitomer.com/gitomer-learning-academy   NEW BOOK Order your copy of Jeffrey's new book Sales Manifesto TODAY! Imperative actions you need to take and master to dominate your competition and win for yourself...for the next decade.   SEE JEFFREY LIVE It's time to skill-up. Learn from Jeffrey Gitomer, the King of Sales. He'll be giving a seminar in a city near you. Be there!  

Pete Mockaitis, host of How To Be Awesome At Your Job, shares ways to improve how you approach your professional development. Show notes at https://lifeskillsthatmatter.com/show258 The post How To Be Awesome At Your Professional Development With Pete Mockaitis (258) appeared first on Life Skills That Matter.

Pete Mockaitis discusses how young parents can excel at work and bring home more money. We also discuss how we can be more productive so we can enjoy the best work/life balance possible. 

Pete Mockaitis [Muh KITE iss] is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, and Inc. Magazine. Pete has delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 leaders hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, FedEx, Amazon, Apple, Anheuser-Busch, and the United Nations), 50 countries, and every Ivy League university. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the How to be Awesome at your Job podcast. The show has been downloaded over three million times and consistently ranks as a top business show in Apple Podcasts. Pete lives in Chicago with his wife and baby boy.

Pete Mockaitis [Muh KITE iss] is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, and Inc. Magazine. Pete has delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 leaders hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, FedEx, Amazon, Apple, Anheuser-Busch, and the United Nations), 50 countries, and every Ivy League university. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the How to be Awesome at your Job podcast. The show has been downloaded over three million times and consistently ranks as a top business show in Apple Podcasts. Pete lives in Chicago with his wife and baby boy.

Pete Mockaitis [Muh KITE iss] is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, and Inc. Magazine. Pete has delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 leaders hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, FedEx, Amazon, Apple, Anheuser-Busch, and the United […]

Pete Mockaitis is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps professionals perform optimally at work. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, and Ink. He's delivered one-on-one coaching to over 700 leaders hailing from organizations all over the world - fifty countries, to be exact. Some of these organizations include Google, FedEx, Amazon, Apple, Anheuser-Busch, and The United Nations. Pete began his career at Bain & Company, and currently hosts the How To Be Awesome At Your Job podcast. His show has been downloaded over three million times, and consistently ranks as a top business show on iTunes. Pete lives with his wife and baby boy in Chicago, Illinois - but today, we're lucky enough to have him with us.   “When you're not awesome at your job, people suffer, whether they're your patients, clients, customers, or coworkers.”   Here are some tips from Pete to improve your career performance right now:   Communication Skills: - Get some video of you communicating (either in a formal presentation, or just participating in a meeting). You'll probably be shocked at some of the things that you see.   - Make sure you're involving some vocal variety in your speaking voice (pitch,               pace, and volume).   Decision-Making Skills: - Check out your Amazon order history. Each item represents a decision that you've made. Reflect on them. Which do you still feel good about? Which were a mistake? Presence/Self Care: - Get enough sleep! It's truly a game-changer.           The Biggest Helping: Today's Most Important Takeaway “Have a conversation with your boss or manager, and think through some of these big, juicy, meaty, engaging questions like: ‘what's the biggest headache that you're dealing with right now, and what can I do to help you out with that? What's the one thing that you think is so critical that we really do an amazing job with this year? What does quality work mean to you? What are the top things that make you think something is great or disappointing? What are some things I do that upset or annoy you?' Zero in on your top priorities, and how you're relating and engaging with your manager; I think it can just open things wide in terms of the opportunities and possibilities that can flow from that. And suddenly, lo and behold, you're that person's favorite employee, and new opportunities and fun can emerge from that.”--   Thank you for joining us on The Daily Helping with Dr. Shuster. Subscribe to the show on iTunes, Stitcher, or Google Play to download more food for the brain, knowledge from the experts, and tools to win at life. Resources: www.AwesomeAtYourJob.com Pete Mockaitis on Twitter: @PeteAwe Pete Mockaitis on Facebook Pete Mockaitis on LinkedIn The Daily Helping is produced by Podcast Masters

Episode highlights: Pete's background and how he got to where he is today His goal of becoming a speaker and consultant What he did after he left his first job Transitioning from being a below average high school assembly speaker to speaking to over 700 executives around the world How he created the Enhanced Thinking and Collaboration Program How to be more productive and have better collaboration How he helps groups make decisions in terms of using their time accordingly Things people should be investing in Two questions that can help improve every decision Pete's top advice for productivity Advice to people who want to become a speaker or consultant coach Links: https://awesomeatyourjob.com/ (Awesome At Your Job website) https://www.linkedin.com/in/petemockaitis/ (Pete's LinkedIn Profile) http://www.entrepreneurhotseat.com (Entrepreneur Hot Seat Hot Seat) https://www.linkedin.com/in/andystorch/ (Connect with Andy on LinkedIn!) For questions, comments and guest suggestions, contact the host, Andy Storch, at andystorch@gmail.com

Episode highlights: Pete's background and how he got to where he is today His goal of becoming a speaker and consultant What he did after he left his first job Transitioning from being a below average high school assembly speaker to speaking to over 700 executives around the world How he created the Enhanced Thinking and Collaboration Program How to be more productive and have better collaboration How he helps groups make decisions in terms of using their time accordingly Things people should be investing in Two questions that can help improve every decision Pete's top advice for productivity Advice to people who want to become a speaker or consultant coach Links: Awesome At Your Job website Pete's LinkedIn Profile Entrepreneur Hot Seat Hot Seat Connect with Andy on LinkedIn! For questions, comments and guest suggestions, contact the host, Andy Storch, at andystorch@gmail.com

While he enjoys hearing, “You’re doing great!”, the follow-up sentence of, “Just keep doing what you’re doing!” doesn’t work for Pete Mockaitis. He wants a clear and actionable roadmap of the things he needs to do to get where he wants to go.   Pete wants to know the tools, hacks, and strategies that are both sensible and proven by those who came before him.  He has always been pathologically curious. As a kid, Pete would go to the Danville Public Library every weekend with his dad, eager to learn. Sure enough, the more he learned in an area, the better he performed! That curiosity served him well and earned him some flashy credentials. Pete has consulted at Bain & Company and has spent thousands of hours delivering one-on-one coaching to 700+ world-class thinkers to sharpen their communication and problem-solving skills.   His clients hail from over 50 countries, every Ivy League school, and world-class organizations such as Google, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, the United Nations, and Amazon. But the creds matter little compared to the impact he has enjoyed making. His website and podcast "Be Awesome At Your Job" enables Pete to multiply that impact by sharing the best insights he has learn from the best thinkers in the world.    Pete Mockaitis love people who enjoy "dorking out" about powerful knowledge as much as he does.   In this episode of "Cool Things Entrepreneurs Do" he shares details from his journey and candid advice for anyone who wants to be awesome at their job.   http://www.awesomeatyourjob.com

Pete inserts himself into the show format, sharing his approach to tackling your next career decision.   You'll Learn: The 8 step-by-step questions that determine whether to stay or go Whether the grass is in fact greener Pete's favorite things   About Pete: Pete Mockaitis is an award-winning trainer and coach who helps brilliant professionals perform optimally at work. He’s delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 leaders hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, FedEx, the United Nations, Anheuser-Buesch, and Apple), 50 countries, and every Ivy League university. His work has been featured in numerous publications including the New York Times, Forbes, and Inc. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the How to be Awesome at your Job podcast. The show receives millions of downloads from delightful people with excellent taste. Pete lives in Chicago with his wife and new baby!   View transcript, show notes, and links at http://AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep291

When you think about work, or when you sit down at your desk every day, do you feel awesome at what you do? Are you happy? Or perhaps you suffer from imposter syndrome, or you are simply bored or burned out with your career.   Pete Mockaitis, founder of Awesome at Your Job, is an award-winning trainer who's served clients in 50 countries. His work has enhanced Fortune 100 corporations, high-growth startups, and major nonprofits. He's conducted one-on-one critical thinking coaching sessions for over 700 thinkers from every Ivy League university and numerous world-class organizations, including Apple, Goldman Sachs, and Google.   Follow along as Pete explains how to be your best self at work every day, from becoming a better critical thinker to focusing on clarity to treating happiness as the ultimate currency.   In This Episode How to discover professional clarity and focus Why every professional, at every level, needs to be a critical thinker The work environment attributes that lead to boredom and disengagement How cognitive biases affect product development Different altitudes or horizons of focus   Quotes in This Episode “At [an early] age, I learned, whoa, books make you better at stuff! That has just stuck with me forever, just that notion of knowledge really truly being power.” —Pete Mockaitis   “It's kind of rare that we devote a dedicated chunk of time to getting clarity on something. So, if you take that in the context of a skilled coach, and we're focusing for 30 minutes, 60 minutes on a question, you can unleash a whole lot of clarity at times in a fairly short window.” —Pete Mockaitis   “[Helping people think critically is] just a matter of building up the confidence associated with it. Once they are in the habit of having helpful, on-target thoughts, it's just a matter of encouraging folks to go and soar with it.” —Pete Mockaitis   “I think if you feel awesome at your job 100% of the time, you might not be challenging yourself enough, unless you have a very wise and holistic view of awesome, which includes failing from time to time and learning from those experiences.” —Pete Mockaitis   “When it comes to career stuff, I really recommend that you think of happiness as the ultimate currency. It's not money or prestige or appreciation or learning and growth… Your happiness is the ultimate priority.” —Pete Mockaitis   Resources How to Be Awesome at Your Job Listen to Deirdre’s guest appearance on the Awesome at Your Job podcast

Do you want to be awesome at your job? Of course! We all do. Today we will be discussing the foundational principles and focuses that will get you there and grow you even further if you're there already. I am thrilled to welcome to the show, the host of the Awesome at Your Job Podcast, Pete Mockaitis. Pete is an incredibly talented career coach and his show has featured hundreds of professionals all weighing in on what it takes to thrive at work. The 6 areas we discuss today are the common link between all the experts Pete has encountered and learned over the years and, if applied, will truly make you awesome at your job or take you to the next level in your career.  Enjoy! -Chris chris@keystotheshop.com  LINKS: WWW.AWESOMEATYOURJOB.COM pete@awesomeatyourjob.com Books/ Authors Mentioned: The One Thing -Jay Papasan/Gary Keller Getting Things Done -David Allen Team Up -Pete Mockaitis Seth Godin Blog Happier -Tal Ben-Shahar Radical Candor -Kim Scott Cognitive Bias Cheat Sheet

Scared of failing too soon? The irony of this, however, is that failing sooner in sales or in your business is actually the quickest way for you to achieve that you want. Our guest on this episode of Sales from the Street is Pete Mockaitis. He's an entrepreneur and his is a fellow co-podcaster. He […] The post TSE 714: Sales From The Street-“Fail Really Early” appeared first on The Sales Evangelist.

What if you could have a system to rely on to make all your important decisions?   My friend Pete Mockaitis and I had a great conversation on the podcast today about how our decisions and needs evolve over time, and he shared a decision-making framework with two critical questions you can use as “mental weightlifting” to help make smart decisions faster.   I love his framework because it allows you to be less reactive and more intentional and proactive, which is very helpful in all areas of life (not just career stuff). I’d love to hear what you think, too!

Pete Mockaitis is an award-winning trainer who helps brilliant professionals perform optimally at work. He’s delivered 1-on-1 coaching to more than 700 clients hailing from organizations such as Google, McKinsey & Company, the United Nations, Goldman Sachs, and Apple, in 50 countries, and at every Ivy League school. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the podcast, How to be Awesome at your Job.

#97: How can you be awesome at your job? That's the question that today's guest, Pete Mockaitis, and I tackle on the latest Afford Anything podcast episode. Pete hosts one of iTunes' top 10 career podcasts, called -- appropriately -- How to Be Awesome at Your Job. In typical nerd fashion, I launch our interview by asking him: "What is the metric by which 'awesome' is determined?" Here are a few other questions that I hurl his way: How to Get a Raise: Imagine that you enjoy your job; you don't want to quit. But they're not paying you what you're worth. You've asked for a raise, several times, and they've said no. What do you do? Angle for a Promotion? Or Focus on a Side Hustle? Let's assume that you're employed full-time, and your goal is to make more money. What's more effective: [Option 1] Focus on your full-time profession, putting in the extra hours to angle for a promotion? -- OR - [Option 2] Be an average employee and focus your excess time and energy on building a side hustle? Tough it Out, Then Retire Early? Or Not?: You feel ambivalent about your job, but it pays well. Should you pivot to an alternate career path, even if this causes an income drop? Or should you milk the big paycheck for 10 years, save and invest like crazy during that time, and escape into an early retirement?   What nuggets of wisdom does Pete share in today's episode? Here are six takeaways: #1: If you want to be awesome at your job, focus on these six areas: 1. Be present. 2. Be deliberate about how you direct your time, energy and attention. 3. Be thoughtful. 4. Communicate well. 5. Build strong relationships. 6. Manage your career. (We dive deeper into these points -- especially number two! -- in this episode.) #2: Apply the 80/20 rule to your decisions. Ask yourself: - What are the 80 percent of great results coming from 20 percent of my efforts? - What are the 80 percent of negative things that I don't like? What focused 20 percent of efforts can get rid of 80 percent of the negative? #3: "Wastefulness comes from inefficient methods in pursuing things." #4: Invent what people want. Not what you think they should want. #5: Learn the 2 questions that improve every decision: What must be true for this to be a good decision? How can I test that? #6: How can you find happiness at work? You'll need to be satisfied with RED: rewards, experience and demands. Rewards - Your compensation, security, advancement potential, and your pride in the organization and its activities. Experience - Your day-to-day experience at work, appreciation from others, enriching and psychologically safe environment, compelling tasks, sense of purpose, learning and growth, and autonomy. Demands - What are total hours needed and the flexibility of those hours? Find more at http://affordanything.com/episode97

How can you earn more? What if you were more awesome at your job? Host of the hit podcast How To Be Awesome At Your Job, Pete Mockaitis, joins us in the basement to talk workplace best practices. We haven't done a top five episode in some time, so we're going to count down Pete's five favorite messages that guests of his show have shared. We'll talk about everything from productivity to planning, and TONS of ways to excel at your job on today's podcast! In our headline segment, we share a recent survey from HealthPocket.com asking, "How much can you afford out-of-pocket for health care?" The answer will amaze you. We also tackle the recent step down of the Equifax CEO. What does that have to do with your money? Well, we share some tips if your job goes away AND also crack a few password jokes.... We'll also throw out the Haven Life Line to JiEun, who wonders whether the Stacking Benjamins courses are only geared for people in the USA (spoiler: it depends on the course). Plus we'll answer a letter from Wiggles, who wonders out loud why people worry so much about penalties on 529 plans.  Special thanks to M1Finance and Big Picture Retirement podcast for sponsoring our show! We couldn't do any of this without the support of these awesome companies.

Pete Mockaitis: How to Be Awesome at Your Job Pete Mockaitis is the host of the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast, regularly listed as a top careers show on Apple podcasts. Key Points Your sense of ownership in your work can have huge consequences in how well things unfold. Self-efficacy has a large effect on your sense of ownership in your work. Try to connect the job someone is doing with the overall mission of the organization. The effects of micromanaging can be disastrous for an organization. When delegating a job, think about the critical components of the job and what you want the result to be, then let employees get the job done however they see fit. Delegation doesn’t have to be an all-in-one-shot type of thing, it can be done in stages. Steps to delegating: Watch me do this Help me do this Let’s do this together I’ll help you do this I’ll watch you do this. Resources Mentioned Albert Bandura The 80/20 Principle* by Richard Koch Essentialism* by Greg McKeown The ONE Thing* Gary Keller Jay Papasan Arthur Woods podcast episode Jeff McManus podcast episode Financial Intelligence* by Joe Knight Improve Your Financial Intelligence with Joe Knight (episode 244) Episodes from the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast that may be of value to your team: Increasing Confidence by Increasing Self-Awareness with Dr. Tasha Eurich Making Stress Work for You with Dr. Melanie Greenberg Overcoming Self-limiting Beliefs with R. Michael Anderson Honing Your Persuasive Skills with Kwame Christian Communicating with Inspiration and Clarity with Mawi Asgedom Related Episodes The Seven Steps You Follow To Delegate Work (episode 117) The Four Stories Leaders Need For Influence, with David Hutchens (episode 148) How to Challenge Directly and Care Personally, with Kim Scott (episode 302) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

Pete Mockaitis: How to Be Awesome at Your Job Pete Mockaitis is the host of the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast, regularly listed as a top careers show on Apple podcasts. Key Points Your sense of ownership in your work can have huge consequences in how well things unfold. Self-efficacy has a large effect on your sense of ownership in your work. Try to connect the job someone is doing with the overall mission of the organization. The effects of micromanaging can be disastrous for an organization. When delegating a job, think about the critical components of the job and what you want the result to be, then let employees get the job done however they see fit. Delegation doesn’t have to be an all-in-one-shot type of thing, it can be done in stages. Steps to delegating: Watch me do this Help me do this Let’s do this together I’ll help you do this I’ll watch you do this. Resources Mentioned Albert Bandura The 80/20 Principle* by Richard Koch Essentialism* by Greg McKeown The ONE Thing* Gary Keller Jay Papasan Arthur Woods podcast episode Jeff McManus podcast episode Financial Intelligence* by Joe Knight Improve Your Financial Intelligence with Joe Knight (episode 244) Episodes from the How to be Awesome at Your Job podcast that may be of value to your team: Increasing Confidence by Increasing Self-Awareness with Dr. Tasha Eurich Making Stress Work for You with Dr. Melanie Greenberg Overcoming Self-limiting Beliefs with R. Michael Anderson Honing Your Persuasive Skills with Kwame Christian Communicating with Inspiration and Clarity with Mawi Asgedom Related Episodes The Seven Steps You Follow To Delegate Work (episode 117) The Four Stories Leaders Need For Influence, with David Hutchens (episode 148) How to Challenge Directly and Care Personally, with Kim Scott (episode 302) Discover More Activate your free membership for full access to the entire library of interviews since 2011, searchable by topic.

In this episode we discuss how to master the universal skills required to succeed at work, the counter-intuitive truth of taking more responsibility for your own mistakes, flaws, and screw-ups can help you succeed more quickly, we look at how to cultivate and create accountability in your life, challenge yourself to rise to a higher level, and become more vulnerable, we talk about the Benjamin Franklin effect, and much more with Pete Mockaitis.     Pete Mockaitis is an award-winning trainer focusing primarily on helping professionals perform optimally at work. He’s delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 clients across 50 countries, and every Ivy League school. He currently hosts the How to be Awesome at your Job podcast which has listeners in over 150 countries and has been ranked as a top 5 career podcast on iTunes.     We discuss:    The importance of reading to improving your knowledgeThe book that has had the biggest impact on Pete’s lifeHow you can transform yourself into “peak state” so that you don’t feel scared or unmotivatedHow to master the universal skills required to succeed at workGrit - what it is, why its so important, and how you can cultivateThe concept that had the biggest impact on Pete’s lifeWhy its so important to take a hard look at yourself and your own shortcomingsWhat to do when your paralyzed by fear in your jobWhy Everything you’ve ever wanted is on the other side of fearHow to be a more effective communicator“Answer first communication” and how it can transform how you speak and presentHow “hypothesis driven testing” can make you a much better communicatorWhy you should ask: “What things need to be true for this to be a good idea”Numbers galvanize attention and focus for people listening to youIf you’re stressed out in your current role, you’re not ready to make the next move up“The time to meet your neighbors is not when your house is on fire”How to cultivate and develop better relationshipsThe power of making the ask and "ask not, have not”The Benjamin Franklin Effect and how it can help you build a powerful network of mentorsYou can achieve whatever you want in life, if you help enough other people achieve what they want in lifeHow to ask for good feedback and how to give feedbackAsk for role models and ideal next steps when asking for feedbackWhy you should never be afraid to ask for feedback and counterintuitively how demonstrating your weakensses can help you advance in your careerThe counter intuitive truth of taking MORE responsibility for your own mistakes, flaws, and screw-ups can help you succeed more quicklyHow to cultivate and create accountability in your life, challenge yourself to rise to a higher level, and become more vulnerableWhat you should do when your unsatisfied with your career Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pete Mockaitis hosts the podcast 'How to be Awesome at Your Job', which has now published almost 200 episodes. Pete talks to us about his show and shares with us some of the lessons he's learnt over his podcasting journey.   Check out the show at: www.awesomeatyourjob.com

Pete Mockaitis [Muh KITE iss] is an award-winning trainer who helps brilliant professionals perform optimally at work. He’s delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 clients hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, McKinsey & Company, the United Nations, Goldman Sachs, and Apple), 50 countries, and every Ivy League school. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the How to be Awesome at your Job podcast at Awesomeatyourjob.com. The show receives hundreds of thousands of downloads from 150 countries and has ranked in the top 5 within the iTunes Careers podcast charts. pete@awesomeatyourjob.com   BUSINESS EXECUTION SUMMIT It's not what you know that matters but your ability to EXECUTE and get stuff done that matters.  For more information about the upcoming exclusive live Business Execution Summit, text the word BESUMMIT to 41411 This event is for Business Owners, Corporate Executives, Entrepreneurs and Coaches that want to take their game to the next level and master execution once and for all.  It does not matter what you know, only what you can execute that counts PEAK PERFORMANCE NATION A community dedicated to raising your game to the next level by learning how to Execute at the highest level and eliminating the obstacles that keep you from being the leader you were born to be. Join group here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeakPerformanceNation/   SPONSORS & FREE OFFERS Audible - Free Audio Book & 30 Day Trial Blue Apron -  $30 Off Your First Order   Acuity Scheduling - Stop Wasting Time Setting Up Meetings   Peak Accountability - http://www.thorconklin.com/accountability/       Thank you once again for listening   Please follow us on:   Facebook: Thor Conklin      Twitter: @ThorConklin   Website: http://www.thorconklin.com       ThorConklin.com Thor Conklin Media Peak Performers Podcast Peak Performance Nation     #1 Podcast on how to get things done.  Learn from Peak Performers in all areas of life and Business.  Do you know what to do but can't figure out why you are not executing what you already know?   If so, this Podcast will give you the tools, strategies and psychology to not only break through the choke point but to truly become a Peak Performer.   Thor will be sharing his tools and strategies as well as interviewing inspiring Peak Performers that are Entrepreneur's, Professional Athletes, Business leaders, Military, Technology guru's, Health and Fitness masters, Relationships Experts as well as Music & Entertainment superstars.   Mission and Purpose - To engage, educate, entertain and inspire listeners to excel in any area of life through mastering the science of execution and Peak Performance.  You will learn the necessary road map, strategies, tools and psychology to win this game.

Pete Mockaitis [Muh KITE iss] is an award-winning trainer who helps brilliant professionals perform optimally at work. He’s delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 clients hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, McKinsey & Company, the United Nations, Goldman Sachs, and Apple), 50 countries, and every Ivy League school. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the How to be Awesome at your Job podcast at Awesomeatyourjob.com. The show receives hundreds of thousands of downloads from 150 countries and has ranked in the top 5 within the iTunes Careers podcast charts. pete@awesomeatyourjob.com   BUSINESS EXECUTION SUMMIT It's not what you know that matters but your ability to EXECUTE and get stuff done that matters.  For more information about the upcoming exclusive live Business Execution Summit, text the word BESUMMIT to 41411 This event is for Business Owners, Corporate Executives, Entrepreneurs and Coaches that want to take their game to the next level and master execution once and for all.  It does not matter what you know, only what you can execute that counts PEAK PERFORMANCE NATION A community dedicated to raising your game to the next level by learning how to Execute at the highest level and eliminating the obstacles that keep you from being the leader you were born to be. Join group here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeakPerformanceNation/   SPONSORS & FREE OFFERS Audible - Free Audio Book & 30 Day Trial Blue Apron -  $30 Off Your First Order   Acuity Scheduling - Stop Wasting Time Setting Up Meetings   Peak Accountability - http://www.thorconklin.com/accountability/       Thank you once again for listening   Please follow us on:   Facebook: Thor Conklin      Twitter: @ThorConklin   Website: http://www.thorconklin.com       ThorConklin.com Thor Conklin Media Peak Performers Podcast Peak Performance Nation     #1 Podcast on how to get things done.  Learn from Peak Performers in all areas of life and Business.  Do you know what to do but can't figure out why you are not executing what you already know?   If so, this Podcast will give you the tools, strategies and psychology to not only break through the choke point but to truly become a Peak Performer.   Thor will be sharing his tools and strategies as well as interviewing inspiring Peak Performers that are Entrepreneur's, Professional Athletes, Business leaders, Military, Technology guru's, Health and Fitness masters, Relationships Experts as well as Music & Entertainment superstars.   Mission and Purpose - To engage, educate, entertain and inspire listeners to excel in any area of life through mastering the science of execution and Peak Performance.  You will learn the necessary road map, strategies, tools and psychology to win this game.

Pete Mockaitis [Muh KITE iss] is an award-winning trainer who helps brilliant professionals perform optimally at work. He’s delivered 1-on-1 coaching to over 700 clients hailing from world-class organizations (such as Google, McKinsey & Company, the United Nations, Goldman Sachs, and Apple), 50 countries, and every Ivy League school. He began his career at Bain & Company and currently hosts the How to be Awesome at your Job podcast at Awesomeatyourjob.com. The show receives hundreds of thousands of downloads from 150 countries and has ranked in the top 5 within the iTunes Careers podcast charts. pete@awesomeatyourjob.com   BUSINESS EXECUTION SUMMIT It's not what you know that matters but your ability to EXECUTE and get stuff done that matters.  For more information about the upcoming exclusive live Business Execution Summit, text the word BESUMMIT to 41411 This event is for Business Owners, Corporate Executives, Entrepreneurs and Coaches that want to take their game to the next level and master execution once and for all.  It does not matter what you know, only what you can execute that counts PEAK PERFORMANCE NATION A community dedicated to raising your game to the next level by learning how to Execute at the highest level and eliminating the obstacles that keep you from being the leader you were born to be. Join group here:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/PeakPerformanceNation/   SPONSORS & FREE OFFERS Audible - Free Audio Book & 30 Day Trial Blue Apron -  $30 Off Your First Order   Acuity Scheduling - Stop Wasting Time Setting Up Meetings   Peak Accountability - http://www.thorconklin.com/accountability/       Thank you once again for listening   Please follow us on:   Facebook: Thor Conklin      Twitter: @ThorConklin   Website: http://www.thorconklin.com       ThorConklin.com Thor Conklin Media Peak Performers Podcast Peak Performance Nation     #1 Podcast on how to get things done.  Learn from Peak Performers in all areas of life and Business.  Do you know what to do but can't figure out why you are not executing what you already know?   If so, this Podcast will give you the tools, strategies and psychology to not only break through the choke point but to truly become a Peak Performer.   Thor will be sharing his tools and strategies as well as interviewing inspiring Peak Performers that are Entrepreneur's, Professional Athletes, Business leaders, Military, Technology guru's, Health and Fitness masters, Relationships Experts as well as Music & Entertainment superstars.   Mission and Purpose - To engage, educate, entertain and inspire listeners to excel in any area of life through mastering the science of execution and Peak Performance.  You will learn the necessary road map, strategies, tools and psychology to win this game.

This Episode’s Focus on Strengths This week Lisa speaks with Pete Mockaitis, who joins us in a live example of what it’s like to explore your StrengthsFinder results for the first time. Pete's Top 10 StrengthsFinder Talent Themes:  Ideation, Strategic, Learner, Activator, Input, Connectedness, Woo, Communication, Positivity, Individualization Lisa’s Top 10 StrengthsFinder Talent Themes:   Strategic, Maximizer, Positivity, Individualization, Woo, Futuristic, Focus, Learner, Communication, Significance Resources of the Episode You can reach Pete through the Awesome at Your Job website. You can also connect with him on Twitter and LinkedIn. And you should because he's awesome! Here's the link to Pete's podcast, and to his interview of Lisa Cummings. Books, terms, and other websites mentioned in this podcast: Book: Pre-Suasion: A Revolutionary Way to Influence and Persuade by Dr. Robert Cialdini Study: 80/20 Rule, which is also called the Pareto Principle Term: Leadership Domains as explained by my friends at Leadership Vision Consulting. They're another firm who offers Strengths based leadership training. And our favorite resource of the episode: evidence of Pete's wicked-awesome talent of one-handed clapping:   You'll also find lots of StrengthsFinder, leadership, and team tools on our "https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://leadthroughstrengths.com/resources&source=gmail&ust=1487264698482000&usg=AFQjCNHUtPcayNXycHfGq_r2Crj5sPIU7w">Strengths Resources page.   Subscribe To Lead Through Strengths To subscribe and review, here are your links for listening in iTunes and Stitcher Radio. You can also stream any episode right from this website. Subscribing is a great way to never miss an episode. Let the app notify you each week when the latest episode gets published.   Here's The Full Transcript of the Interview Lisa Cummings: [00:00:08] You’re listening to Lead Through Strengths, where you’ll learn to apply your greatest strengths at work. I’m your host, Lisa Cummings, and I’ve got to tell you, whether you’re leading a team or leading yourself, it’s hard to find something more energizing and productive than using your natural talents every day at work. And today you’re going to get a really unique episode on StrengthsFinder. It’s different from our usual guest interview. Today, your guest joins us in a live example of what it’s like to explore your StrengthsFinder results for the first time. So I think a lot of guests are going to identify with his love of learning and his corporate experiences. He’s actually a former consultant for Bain so he has that pedigree company thing on his list that many of you. And today he’s the trainer and chief at Awesome At Your Job, so you’ll hear more about that and his show as we dig in. So, you know, if you’re a regular listener of this show that we’re going to talk about how his differences are his differentiators. So you’ll enjoy hearing a fun fact about him. So, here it goes. This guy has a unique talent of being able to clap with one hand. So, Pete Mockaitis, welcome to the show. Please give yourself a one-handed welcome and demonstrate for us. Pete Mockaitis: [00:01:34] Oh, Lisa, thank you. That’s such a unique welcome and it’s fun to do, and here we go. [one-handed claps] Lisa Cummings: [00:01:40] I can’t believe that is really happening with one hand. It is blowing my mind. You’re going to have to make us a video so we can see what that actually looks like. I can’t believe that’s possible. Pete Mockaitis: [00:01:51] I can do that, yes, and that’s probably my number one strength is one-handed clapping. It opens a lot of doors. Lisa Cummings: [00:01:58] [laughs] Your hand can open a door in a traditional way...but his hand...watch out. Pete Mockaitis: [00:02:01] Oh, well-played. Lisa Cummings: [00:02:05] Watch out. Oh, my gosh. We’re going to totally have this video on the show notes, so if you’re listening click on over to that because that’s a serious talent. I love it. [laughs] Okay, let’s get into the serious side of super powers. That’s one, I tell you, parlor tricks though they could fuel the Woo that you have up in there. I think there’s something tied here. Maybe that’s how you discovered it. Maybe we’ll uncover that today. Pete Mockaitis: [00:02:30] Oh, are folks being won over as we speak, or are they turned off? We’ll see with your emails that come flowing in. Lisa Cummings: [00:02:35] That’s right. Okay. So, you know in this episode, we’re going to do this like a sample of exploring your StrengthsFinder talents for the first time. Well, we’re going to have to start by telling them what your Talent Themes here. So give them your top five. Pete Mockaitis: [00:02:50] Okay, can do. With just the words or the descriptions as well? Lisa Cummings: [00:02:54] Let’s get a little “Meet Pete” moment. So do the word and also the one sentence what this looks like on you. Pete Mockaitis: [00:03:03] Okay. So, first, I’ll give a quick preview – one, Ideation; two, Strategic; three, Learner; four, Activator; and five, Input. In terms of the one sentence: 1) Ideation, it’s true I am fascinated by ideas and how they connect together on my podcast with guests. I eat it up when I see “Oh, wait, there’s one thing someone said” can combine with that other thing they said, so I’m going to focus on prioritizing with the one thing but also building some tiny habits and, boom, there’s this combination synergy goodness, and so that resonates. 2) Strategic. I buy that in terms of if I’m always thinking about sort of what’s the optimal path forward, that’s the name of my company – Optimality, LLC – getting the band for the buck and sort of that 80/20 Rule and action, I’m really after that. 3) For Learner, it’s true. Ever since I was a youngster that’s kind of where my trainer and chief story starts. I was always going to the library reading books about goal-setting, success, teamwork, collaboration, influence. I was just into that stuff, and I remain to this day. 4) Activator, it’s true. I am often impatient. I’m excited to put things into action. Just this week I was thinking it’s just too much trying to manage the guests with merely emails and spreadsheets. I need a CRM, customer relationship management piece of software, and five hours later I had tried nine of them and made my decision. So, yeah, I got after it right away. That’s kind of my nature. I’ll wake up and I’ll have an idea and I just want to like run to the computer and implement it. 5) And then, finally, Input. I do, I love to get perspective from wise folks and learn all that they have to offer and collect multiple opinions to really prove or disprove the sort of key facts or assertions that are going to make or break a given decision. Lisa Cummings: [00:04:59] These are so good. Thanks for adding the Pete color because even for people who don’t understand the basic definition of it and Gallup’s terminology you explained it and then added your individual color. Just seeing as a kid in the library, I’m imagining you going back and training them so it’ll be fun to hear the depth on that. And then Activator, one that just happened the other day. It’s just a really great specific example so we can see what these are like in real life. So, let’s talk about if we really relate this to career, and you think back on one of your proudest accomplishments, tell us about that snapshot in time. Pete Mockaitis: [00:05:40] You know, I’m thinking, the first thing that leaps to mind is just getting the job at Bain & Company itself. I’d say it was very meaningful to me because I had been interested in it for some years before it came about, and it was just a vivid moment. I can recall when I was emceeing a date auction event as a fundraiser in college for a student organization, and when I got the call I just handed the microphone to someone, walked off stage, received the call. It was great news. I was excited. I hugged my friend, Emily, who was wearing a red puffy coat. It’s forever enshrined in my brain as like the moment that this thing I had been after for some years was now mine. Lisa Cummings: [00:06:31] I love how vivid your imagery is and all of these. Take us through the preparation, what it was like for you getting ready for applying for this job, making it a thing. It sounds like it was a long time coming. So how was that playing out in your life, leading up to that phone call? Pete Mockaitis: [00:06:49] Oh, sure thing. Well, I was sort of an odd kid in my sort of freshman year of college. I was sort of determined like, “By golly, I want to work in a top strategy consulting firm when I graduate, and so that’s just what I’m going to do.” And so I began exploring different avenues very early on in terms of student organizations and what were the linkages and how I could have sort of a distinctive profile that I would be intriguing to them. I went to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign which is not a hotbed for recruiting into those firms, but there are a few each year who get in, and I wanted to be one. So, I remember I would sort of try to find the right people, and the right organizations, and learn from them and see what I could do. And I remember, talk about vivid experiences, I was chatting guy named Bo who was wearing a Harry Potter wizard hat at a Halloween party. And he said, “Oh, you should join the student organization.” And I was like, “Oh, I was thinking about that, but isn’t that kind of more technology stuff?” And he’s like, “Oh, no. It’s much broader than that. Yeah, and they’re always chatting with so-and-so and they do case interviews,” which is a key step to get a job in these firms, “to get in and, yeah, I think you’d like it.” And so I was excited to discover that opportunity and then go after it. Then once I met a real person named Jeff who had the position, I was just having a real lot of fun chatting with him and seeing, “Hey, what’s it like on the inside? Is it really what I’ve built it up to be?” and sort of receiving that reinforcement that it was good. And then, ultimately, I think the biggest hurdle to get the job is the case interview where you have to sort of solve business problems live before the interviewer’s eyes. And so I did a lot of prep. I got the books, I even recorded myself doing case interviews. I’d listen to them back to see how I was doing and to see how I might tweak it to seem more engaging or succinct and insightful. I remember I was listening to myself doing case interviews while driving up to the interview the day before. So those are things that leap to mind there. Lisa Cummings: [00:09:06] Those are so good. Now, if you look at your talents, and then you try to make some linkages, now I’ve made a bunch of linkages and I’ve even, although the listeners can’t see your list beyond your top five, as you would not be surprised if you know a Learner and Input. Pete immediately goes out and wants more input and grabs the full 34 premium version of assessment so he can see the whole lineup. So I see a bigger lineup and I have some things popping into my head about your number 6, Connectedness, and your number 7, Woo. But when you look at your list and you think back on that experience, what links do you see where you’re using those talents as you’re preparing? Pete Mockaitis: [00:09:47] Oh, sure thing. Well, it’s interesting, in terms of Activator it’s like, “This is the thing I want and so I’m going to start now.” I was a freshman and I was evaluating opportunities. Not only whether they were fun and I would get to meet people, but if they would take me to where I wanted to go, and then jumping in full force for those things I thought could really do it. So, I guess that’s Activator. I’m getting right to it yet Strategic is that I was kind of being selective, and saying, “You know, while that club sounds kind of interesting, I don’t think it’s going to have as much sort of bang for my buck, in terms of taking me where I want to be.” And so the interestingness is not quite enough to offset this. And then with Ideation, I think I did take some novel approaches to having distinctive profile, like I authored a book in college about leadership and student organizations, and I saw the opportunity to be the Secretary General of our model United Nations, which I thought, “Well, that’s a really cool leadership opportunity in terms of managing dozens of people and thousands of dollars to put together an event for hundreds of folks. Ooh, that’ll be a real nice concept to make an impression, as well as having a ton of fun.” So I was a pure career-seeking robot along the lines. But I do see those in learning, yeah, talking to folks, learning what the firms want, how they operate, getting the books. And Input, certainly, talking to numerous people along the way to confirm, “Is this really what I think it is?” and learn, “Well, what needs to be done in order to get there?” Lisa Cummings: [00:11:30] You’re bringing up what happens for a lot of people where if they heard the descriptors in the StrengthsFinder Talent Themes, and they listen to the thing that you just described, they would probably think, “Achiever” because it seems like the easy way to describe what you accomplished. And although Achiever is middle of the road for you, 13, it’s not extraordinarily high but you found extreme achievement at that age. So, you’re demonstrating something that’s really cool which is I always tell people. StrengthsFinder doesn’t tell you what you go do in your career. It’s more about how you can go do it, leaning through the talents you have. So you found achievement through totally different talents and it’s dangerous to try to look at the words on the surface. And I think if I listened to your show, which I do. Pete Mockaitis: [00:12:21] Oh, thank you. Lisa Cummings: [00:12:22] Which is called Awesome At Your Job. So, for those of you listening and you want to check it out, we’ll put the link in the show notes. It’s a great show about being awesome at your job overall. I think if listened to that show I may hypothesize that you have an Analytical talent, for example, because I know that you mention research studies very often, you mention proof points, your favorite hobby is Monopoly. So you have some of these things, right, that some people might think, “Oh, that sounds like an Analytical guy.” And Talent Themes show up more in how you approach what you do not necessarily what those interests are. So, kind of fascinating thing you’re bringing up. So, tell us about yearnings and interests, like Monopoly and research studies and proof points, and things that you talk about in your show and how your Talent Themes speak to those. Pete Mockaitis: [00:13:14] Oh, that is interesting in terms of just what’s fun. So, on my honeymoon, just a few months ago – Yay. Lisa Cummings: [00:13:23] Yay. Pete Mockaitis: [00:13:24] I was reading this book Pre-Suasion by Dr. Robert Cialdini on the beach. And so it’s funny, it’s non-fiction but that was just fascinating and fun for me, I was like, “Oh, wow. Well, here’s an interesting fact. They did study and here’s what happened.” And so I’ll find that all the more thrilling than most works of fiction because I guess Ideation is fuelling that fascination in terms of I’m thinking, “Oh, look at all these implications for how I could go put that to work and make things happen.” And for Monopoly, it’s so funny. I remember one time I was meeting this guy for the first time, his name is Peter; fine name, fine guy. Lisa Cummings: [00:14:09] Fine name. Pete Mockaitis: [00:14:11] [laughs] And so as we were playing Monopoly he kept asking me some questions about my career journey and how I went into Bain and why I left Bain and started my own business and these things. And I’ll tell you what, I was so focused on the strategic options and decisions I had to make in that game Monopoly to win I actually had in my head the idea that this guy is trying to distract me in order to win at Monopoly. Lisa Cummings: [00:14:40] [laughs] Pete Mockaitis: [00:14:41] I thought, “Pete, that’s crazy. Most people don’t care. They play games to socialize in fun ways.” [laughs] I was being a little rude in retrospect. I kind of apologized to him. I gave him very short answers, I was like, “Well, ultimately, that’s just something I’ve always loved to do.” You know, just one- or two-sentence responses. Lisa Cummings: [00:15:01] Let’s get back to the seriousness of Park Place, buddy. [laughs] Okay. So, now what you’re helping me see and raise is this concept of domains. I don’t know if you know this about StrengthsFinder, but they’ve done some studies on leadership, and these four domains of leadership actually came from quite a large study on followers. So, if I look at your talent lineup, not to get too nerdy and distract from the story of you, I’ll give you the quick version. There are four different domains of leadership that people often find their strength in, and yours, to give you the tell as I lean into it, you come in really hot on the Strategic Thinking Talents, and then second highest your Influencing. So, there are four categories. You have the Relationship Talents. You have the Influencing Talents. You have the Strategic Thinking talents, the thinker guy that you probably are, and then you have Executing Talents. And so, as I listened to your reaction to the Monopoly thing, I could see you being really in your head about what was going on in the situation. The way I look at these four domains is that they’re all valuable, and they’re all useful ways that you can demonstrate leadership, but this is kind of, when you have one that comes in heavy in your top five, it’s often the color of glasses you’re wearing. Like yours would be, if you looked at your StrengthsFinder report, the Strategic Thinking Talents are actually colored red. And you could see, “Okay, look, my first view on things, the lens I’m going to see the world through will, first, likely be thinking about it.” Now you have a lot of fast-thinking talents, so Ideation is fast and Strategic is fast, so it’s not like you’re going to go deep and sit around and ponder things deeply for months. You can boom, boom, boom, react to that guy and have your answer. And I noticed your Influencing Talents are also high on your list. You have Activator, Woo, Communication up in your top 10. It’s interesting to see those two. How does that play into how you’ve seen yourself and your career? Pete Mockaitis: [00:17:12] Well, that is interesting. And what’s funny is I have a little bit of a hard time switching at times in that I really do like people and building relationships, and connecting and laughing and seeing how we’re similar and how we can help each other and collaborate and all those good things. That’s fun for me. But surprising, or I don’t know, just kind of part of how I go, is that when I get deep into the realm of this Ideation, Strategic, Input, Thinking and I’m trying to crack something, or figure it out, it’s just sort of like Peter in that game of Monopoly. It’s like, “I’m not in people mode right now. I am in finding an optimal solution given all of my options and constraints mode right now.” And I feel a bit sort of like I’m being pulled away from that which I’m attached to and I’m into at the moment, or I’m just sort of like I’m not really present or there. I think that does show up in that they are different clusters and I feel them differently in terms of my whole headspace and emotional state. It’s like, “I’m not in people mode right now.” And sometimes my wife will notice and she would like me to enter into people mode as we’re being together, or where she’ll just say, “Okay, you’re in your groove. Go ahead and finish that first.” So that’s the first thing that pops to mind there. Lisa Cummings: [00:18:45] What a deep powerful insight. I love hearing how the thinking stuff is playing out in your head, and then also the relationship part. So, I apply StrengthsFinder to work all the time and find that sometimes the easiest ones to get how you perform relative to other people is through people you’re really close to. So your wife probably knows you about as well as anyone in the world so she’s going to be more comfortable saying it out loud or noticing it or mentioning it. Do you happen to know hers? Has she taken this yet? Pete Mockaitis: [00:19:20] You know, I don’t think she has. Lisa Cummings: [00:19:22] Okay. Would be fun. So this could be one where you say, “Okay, look, your first Relationship Talent is Connectedness. It’s your number six. I hear you relying on it relatively often.” So you could ask a question like how could you lean on your Connectedness talent when you’re trying to consciously switch into a mode that would complement the conversation you two are having? Pete Mockaitis: [00:19:47] That is a great question. And, particularly Connectedness, that’s one of those words for the Strengths Finders that makes me think of, “Oh, like a super network.” But, no, no. Connectedness is more about having sort of like the faith in why things are the way they are or a higher power. And so, for me, that is big. I’m a Catholic Christian. I think tapping into some of those, well, one, I guess is the headspace of worship or sort of loving people and serving them as folks made in the image and likeness of God can be pretty potent in terms of a reminder of, “Hey, what’s really important here?” “Well, how about we give that person the listening ear and respect and attention that they deserve?” Lisa Cummings: [00:20:32] Oh, this is so good. I could take this in 20 directions because, one, I hear the interplay of Talents, how your Connectedness and Strategic gets so wound together because you do have so many Thinking Talents, the connection of ideas and not just people and meaning but pull all those things together – connecting meaning, connecting people, connecting ideas. Those are going to play out for you in a way that might even be difficult to separate, you know, “Which talent thing is talking here?” And then your first Executing Theme is Belief and that, of course, I hear it in what you just said, and so it really helps me see when you say it. Oh, yeah, this would drive how you go about getting things done as well with the perspective of the meaning in your life and what is this all for and how does it play out. I also think this is the direction I’ll ultimately take it, because there are so many ways we could go from that conversation. So a lot of people struggle with this. You look at your lineup, and I’ve told you about these leadership domains, and you see, “Oh, my gosh. My first Executing Talent is number 12. This sounds like a person. Oh, no, I might be doomed. Does it mean I never get anything done?” Well, clearly you get a lot done. You are a machine it seems. So, where do you get your ability to achieve and get the outcomes and results you want? Because you clearly do. Pete Mockaitis: [00:22:00] How does it happen? Well, I think part of is just that I think about it in terms of I have a standard in mind in terms of how things should be or go. I think that’s kind of a vague broad thing to say. But, day after day, what mostly happens is I have kind of a picture in my head for what is done, good, complete, dream, nirvana state look like, and then I have all these ideas for what are the things that I could do that I couldn’t bring it there. And then I just become very excited about those ideas and I just sort of run after them. In terms of the CRMs, I was thinking, “I have a dream” – so dramatic. Lisa Cummings: [00:22:57] [laughs] Martin Luther Pete has a dream of CRM systems. Pete Mockaitis: [00:23:03] In which every guest that comes on my show will be absolutely outstanding, like leaving me and listeners with, “Wow.” Well, what’s it take to get there? Well, probably a fuller pipeline so that I don’t ever have a scramble in terms of, “Oh, I’m a little light on interview appointments. I better get some right away.” That’s like an obstacle to that is like when you have the time to patiently vet candidates as opposed to, “Oh, I’ve got to grab somebody,” then the odds are in your favor in terms of getting great ones. So then, I think, “Well, then what does that system look like? And how can I do that without spending my whole life stuck into analyzing their tweet history?” That’s how I often think about how it gets done, is I feel this tension inside me. It’s like, “I want that to be real and I’ve got these compelling, exciting ideas for what I could do to make that real so let’s go do it.” Lisa Cummings: [00:24:01] It’s really pretty deep what you just said because I could see Strategic helping you sort quickly, “Here’s the outcome. What’s the best way to get there?” Boom, your Activator says, “Go!” and then you create these systems and the insight that listeners won’t have, is that you and I have had some other conversations outside of this. Pete and I are pals. So we’ll talk podcast nerd-talk and he has all these great systems and team members who make things happen, and it actually is one of the great things you can do as Activator. You partner with people who see it through the finish line so that you can get the excitement at the starting line, and then other people can do the execution of the systems you’ve established and the vision you’ve created. So it’s actually a beautiful way you’ve worked through it. Pete Mockaitis: [00:24:43] Oh, thank you. You know, it’s so funny, when you say it like that I think, “Well, of course, isn’t that how everyone does it?” And the answer is I guess clearly, “No, it’s not.” Because I think, “Well, isn’t executing the same thing hundreds of times kind of dull?” But, no, some people are into that. Lisa Cummings: [00:24:59] A-ha. Okay. So, here’s the last topic we’ll bring up only because we’re running out of time because, geez, this would be so much fun to keep going and going and going. So that comment you just made made me think of the Talent Theme of Consistency, doing the same thing hundreds and hundreds of times. Well, it is Pete’s number 33 talent, so we call that a lesser talent, or maybe somebody else’s talent. Meaning somebody else, right? Yes, somebody else might get really excited about doing something the same way consistently over and over every day. But if Pete had to do that every day, what would work feel like for you? Pete Mockaitis: [00:25:37] Oh, it would just be so dull. It’s like I would want sort of some spark of newness to make it come together. Lisa Cummings: [00:25:48] This is a great way to end the show because living in your strengths makes you a stronger performer. Living in your strengths brings you energy and enjoyment about your job. If you’re pulling on your lesser talents, or someone else’s talents, all day every day, you feel drained, you feel burned out, and so many people feel like that and wonder, “You know, gosh, it’s not so hard and people are nice. So why do I feel like this?” And that’s often why, it’s because they’re calling on their weaknesses all day every day but they just don’t quite realize why. So, thanks, in an unexpected way, for illustrating that point because that is so powerful for people to have that insight. Pete Mockaitis: [00:26:25] Oh, thank you. It’s been a blast. Lisa Cummings: [00:26:27] It has been a blast. I’m so excited to have you here to do this. I wish we could triple down on it. Let’s get listeners over to you because you have so many great shows to help people be awesome at their jobs. So, where should they go to dig into your content, your training, your podcasts? Pete Mockaitis: [00:26:42] Oh, sure thing. Thank you. Well, I’d say if you’re already, well, you are a podcast listener, fire up your app and whatever you’re doing and search Awesome Job. That should be enough to pop up the show How To Be Awesome At Your Job. Lisa herself is a guest on an episode. You might check that out to get another flavor for her. Or just my website AwesomeAtYourJob.com. And it’s been fun. I’ve had about 130, wow, conversations with tremendous folks and every one of them is about trying to sharpen the universal skills required to flourish at work. So, whether you’re an executive, or a manager, or an individual contributor in marketing, or finance, or anything, it should be applicable because that’s kind of the primary screen we’re using. Lisa Cummings: [00:27:26] I second that. It is a fantastic show. I met Pete last year, and ever since leaving our meet-up in Chicago, I just have been an avid listener, and it’s just full of great guests and great tips. If you want to go back and listen through the lens of the StrengthsFinder Talents it’ll be really fun to do that. Also, for listeners, if you want some Strengths focus tools to use with your team at work, also check out LeadThroughStrengths/resources and you’ll get a bunch of great free info there. As we close episode, remember using your strengths makes you a stronger performer at work. If you’re putting a lopsided focus on fixing your weaknesses you’re probably choosing the path of most resistance. So claim your talents and share them with the world.  

Pete Mockaitis is an award-winning trainer who has served clients in over 50 countries. His work has enhanced Fortune 100 corporations, high-growth startups, and major nonprofits. He’s conducted one-on-one critical thinking coaching sessions for over 700 thinkers from every Ivy League University and numerous world-class organizations such as Apple, Goldman Sachs, Google, McKinsey & Company, and the United Nations. Pete is also the host of the How to be Awesome At Your Job podcast where he grills thought-leaders and results-getters to discover specific, actionable insights that boost work performance. Show Notes: http://yourbestmanager.com/petemockaitis Also Mentioned: 5-Day Leadership Challenge

Have you sent out 50 resumes, only to get 50 emails from automated system replies? If so, your resume might not have what it takes to get the attention of the hiring manager. Pete Mockaitis says the main reason resumes are ignored is because job seekers don’t put in the proper time, effort, or consideration into these vital documents. Often, people send out the same resume for each job opportunity. To truly enhance your resume, Pete says you need to spend the necessary time to hone your story message, to match exactly what a potential employer is looking for. Helpful guidelines to follow when overhauling your resume: Move away from listing previous responsibilities and showcase your achievements. Quantify your achievements with numbers and percentages. Bullet points should share results first and then relay how the result was obtained. If you’ve got it flaunt it, a resume is no place to be shy. Remove the objective. A two-page resume is acceptable if you are seeking an executive position. A resume should be in chronological format unless you are recently out of school, if so, a functional format may highlight your talents efficiently. Pro Tip — Recruiters may have a specific profile in mind when they are filling a position so make sure your resume fits that profile. Pete Mockaitis Bio Pete Mockaitis is an award-winning trainer who has served clients in over 50 countries. His work has enhanced Fortune 100 corporations, high-growth startups, and major nonprofits. He began his career at acclaimed consulting firms The Bridgespan Group and Bain & Company. Pete is also the host of the podcast, How to Be Awesome at Your Job, and the author of the book, Team Up: Becoming Accountable to Your Dreams. Ben’s Job Search Resource: Ben’s resource this week is "Searching for Work in the Digital Era," from the Pew Research Center for Internet, Science and Technology. There are three trends highlighted by the report, and they are, the Internet is the primary form of research for job seekers, mobile phones are the primary job search tool, and social media is a growing research resource for finding jobs. The report is supported by quantifiable data. Jenna’s Find Your Dream Job Listener Question: Jenna offers her advice to listener Brett Williams, who asks: “How do you learn the typical salary local employers pay in your field?” If you would like the team to answer a job-related question, email it to jenna@macslist.org, or call her at 716-JOB-TALK. If we use your question on the air, you will receive either a copy of our new book, Land Your Dream Job Anywhere (to be published February 1, 2017) or a Mac’s List Coffee Mug, your choice. Or, if you’ve found a job resource you think everyone should know about, send it to ben@macslist.org, and tell him how it has helped you find your dream job. Ben and Jenna’s segments are sponsored by Land Your Dream Job Anywhere (to be published February 1, 2017). The book offers practical, actionable, and proven tools to help you get clear about your career goals, find hidden jobs, ace your next interview and more. If you like this show, please help us by rating and reviewing our podcast on iTunes. We appreciate your support! Opening and closing music for Find Your Dream Job provided by Freddy Trujillo, www.freddytrujillo.com.

Episode 115 is live! This week, we talk with Pete Mockaitis in Chicago, IL. Pete is an award-winning trainer who has served clients in over 50 countries. His work has enhanced Fortune 100 corporations, high-growth startups, and major nonprofits. He’s conducted coaching sessions for over 700 thinkers from every Ivy League university and world-class organizations including Apple, Goldman Sachs, Google, and the United Nations. He is also the host of the How to Be Awesome at Your Job Podcast -- and CEO of Optimality. On today's episode, Pete shares his secrets to getting hired at -- and succeeding at a top consulting firm. Listen and learn more! You can play the podcast here, or download it on iTunes or Stitcher. To learn more about Pete and his podcast, check out his website at www.awesomeatyourjob.com. You can also find him on Twitter at @PeteAwe, and on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/petefans. Thanks to everyone for listening! And, thank you to those who sent me questions. You can send your questions to Angela@CopelandCoaching.com. You can also send me questions via Twitter. I’m @CopelandCoach. And, on Facebook, I am Copeland Coaching. Don’t forget to help me out. Subscribe on iTunes and leave me a review!

In this introductory episode, Pete addresses basic questions such as: Who is this podcast for? What kinds of skills and jobs does it aid? What’s the format ant timing of the show? What sorts of guests are joining? Who is Pete Mockaitis and why should we listen to anything he says? What are the "introductory sampler six pack" episodes A, B, C, D, E, and F?  Transcript and 

In this introductory episode, Pete addresses basic questions such as: Who is this podcast for? What kinds of skills and jobs does it aid? What’s the format ant timing of the show? What sorts of guests are joining? Who is Pete Mockaitis and why should we listen to anything he says?